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TIL that there were several abortive assassination attempts on Hitler’s life before Stauffenberg finally went ahead with Operation Valkyrie on July 20th 1944.

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E15JX TIL that the Kantō region in Japan is real.
LQE6Z TIL: The Master Printers of Koryo predate the Gutenburg press with the oldest woodblock dating to 751 AD. However due to repeated wars, countless woodblocks were destroyed due to invaders. In addition, supply constraints, an abundance of booze, scarcity of wood, etc led to slow public adoption.
R7l6Q TIL in 1978 British explorer Tim Severin proved it was possible for a 6th century Irish boat clad in leather to make the journey across the Atlantic from Ireland to North America. This was done to test if St. Brendan the Navigators described journey across the Atlantic was possible at the time.
loo9G TIL a 21yo Alexander the Great was once surrounded by Greek tribes on hill positions, low on food. He ordered his men to conduct formation drills, in complete silence. With the enemy units engrossed in the weird spectacle, his forces roared and charged, taking the hills, the tribes fleeing in terror
M7RLW TIL that 10+ sexual partners in a lifetime heights cancer risk in men by 70% and in women by 91%