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TIL that all tortoises are turtles and they share the same Order, Testudines, under the Class Reptilia

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x6Oag Til that In engineering, master–slave is a relationship between two systems in which one controls the other. In some cases one master controls just one slave system, but in others there are multiple slave systems controlled by the same master.
BgM7r TIL that a French Soldier called Albert Severin Roche, had personally captured 1,180 prisoners. He was called the "first soldier of France" by allied supreme commander Marechal Foch
0xxj TIL Prior to Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin wrote incredibly freaky Science Fiction, including the very unsettling ‘Sandkings,’ first published in OMNI then later made into an Outer Limits episode.
v6lD TIL that Lee Halpin, a young film-maker seeking to film a documentary about the hardships of being homeless by living as one, was found dead in the streets a few days later.
M7Okb TIL the day before his Assassination, Julius Ceasar held a dinner party where he was asked what the best way to die would be. He responded that a sudden and unexpected death would be ideal. One of his assassins, Decimus, was sitting right across from him.