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TIL that “renumeration” isn’t a word and we’ve all been pronouncing “remuneration” wrong.

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j6xGn TIL General Hancock chose to sacrifice an entire regiment to save the Union Army during the Civil War. The 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 250 men, was ordered to charge a brigade of roughly 1200 men. They suffered a staggering 82% casualties; the largest loss by any surviving U.S unit in a day.
mxQ8Y TIL 1000 Italians played a Foo Fighters song to convince them to do a concert in their small town
b9084 TIL about the Nirvana Fallacy. Under this fallacy, the choice is not between real world solutions; it is, rather, a choice between one realistic achievable possibility and another unrealistic solution that could in some way be "better".
wM7M TIL that the Vikings were considered overly concerned with cleanliness for bathing once a week.