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TIL Albrecht von Wallenstein was the most successful Catholic general of the 30 years war, upon realizing the war was futile and could last decades he tried to organize peace only to be assassinated by his emperor. He was proven right with the war lasting another 14 years and 6 million more dead

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v1oQL TIL about the Australian phatic finger. This is a norm whereby drivers on outback highways (where you can go long periods without seeing another vehicle) will raise their index finger as a friendly gesture of mutual aknowledgement.
d8LpK TIL the Sheriff of Hillsborough County Florida (which includes Tampa) has a son who was sentenced to two years in jail for attacking someone with a knife. The son is an aspiring rapper named Zchronik and his last song “Slash Yo Face” was played as evidence before the court.
E1moo TIL: During the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese Naval Command prioritized destroying Battleships over Carriers. The operational commander, Minoru Genda, defied those orders and assigned more planes per Carrier than planes per Battleship, in spite of carriers being lightly armored and easier to sink
R58MQ TIL that the last Prisoner of War of WW2 who has been repatriated was Hungarian András Toma in 2000, captured in 1945 by the Red Army. He was sent to a psychiatric hospital in 1947 and got removed from the POW lists because of that.
MQ4K TIL All humans are born “premature” because their large brains wouldn’t have fit through the birth canal