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TIL General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck led 14,000 troops (3,000 Germans and 11,000 Africans) in WWI, holding off 300,000 Allied forces in East Africa for four years using guerilla warfare. He was never defeated or captured, making him the only German commander to successfully invade British territory.

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wLeb6 TIL about the Crow Paradox. Crows have no difficulty telling humans apart, and even hold grudges against individuals, but for humans it's almost impossible to recognize individual crows
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nemJ7 TIL the generation who grew up watching black-and-white TV experienced predominantly colourless dreams, until the widespread of colour television in the 1960s.