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Agvw TIL in 1914 the British made their first gas attack by releasing 140 tons of chlorine gas and hoping the wind would blow it into German trenches. However, a sudden shift wind direction blew it into their own trenches injuring almost 2000 British soldiers.
b6XoQ TIL of the Testament of Peter the Great, a fabricated document alleged to reflect Russian plans for world domination throughout the 18th and 19th centuries
VMJRD TIL that in the the Milky Way Galaxy alone, there are at least 25 billion places where life could exist.