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TIL that color is not a reliable way to distinguish black and brown bears

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4koww TIL local Cretan resistance in WWII was so great that civilians would attack Axis paratroopers as they were landing with knives, axes, scythes and even their bare hands.
YpK9W TIL that 'Blitzkrieg' was popularised by the allies, and was never actually a German strategy in WW2
NamM TIL “hocus pocus” may have been coined by Protestants to mock the Catholic transubstantiation incantation used to turn bread and wine into flesh and blood, “hoc est corpus.”
DY1g TIL mixed drinks made with diet soda can get you up to 18% more intoxicated than when made with regular soda
Lk1r TIL the average human being normally does not swallow any spiders in their lifetime, contrary to popular belief of eight spiders per year.