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TIL Ripley's Reeboks in, "Aliens," are nicknamed, "Alien Stompers."

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PYvMO TIL the 1987 Remembrance Day bombing in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland which killed 10 civilians including elderly attendees was met with such condemnation the IRA apologised for the attack, disbanded the unit responsible and admitted it had made a mistake.
X01M8 TIL that King Zog of Albania spent WW2 living in a small English village.
d8amQ TIL about a protein called pikachurin, a protein discovered in 2008 that is present in the retina and helps with the transmission of electrical impulses between the eyes and the brain
WJOo TIL in pre-modern Europe, Outlaw or Outlawry, was one of the harshest punishments available and put the criminal outside of any legal protections, subject to persecution, murder etc. by anybody. It was considered a death sentence but not carried out by the state.
M7eB TIL the military shout “HOOAH” is actually “HUA” meaning “Heard, Understood, Acknowledged”.