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TIL in the Battle of Schöngrabern, during the Napoleonic Wars, the French captured a bridge over the Danube at Vienna by falsely claiming that an armistice had been signed, and then rushing the bridge while the guards were distracted.

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d94B TIL that an elephant in India, while helping villagers lift logs, refused to lower a log into a certain hole because a dog was sleeping in it. Only after the dog was chased away would the elephant lower the log into the hole.
Ldvv TIL in 2009, a woman filed suit against PepsiCo after discovering that the crunchberries in a Cap'n Crunch cereal had not in fact been real fruit. The case was thrown out, with the judge remarking that to do otherwise would “ignore all concepts of personal responsibility and common sense”.
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oR1JL TIL about Prince, the Irish terrier who followed his soldier owner, from London to Armentières, France, during the 1st world war. Both survived the war and returned home.
7bZp TIL Ivar the Boneless killed a rival Viking leader by snapping his ribs at his spine and pulling them out so they resembled wings, then wrenching the victim’s lungs out through the gaping cavity in his back. This particular method of execution became known as the Blood Eagle.