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TIL British Soldiers in Afghanistan taunt the Taliban via loud speakers so they will shoot and give away their position.

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4XARw TIL that a shark found in Greenland is the oldest living vertebrate on our planet, estimated to be around 512 years old.
MZWV TIL that the earliest voice recording (made in 1860) could not be played back until 2008
AN0Dw Today I learned that the number 420 is the sum of 4 consecutive prime numbers 101 + 103 + 107 + 109 AND the subsequent number 421 is the sum of the five previous consecutive prime numbers 73 + 79 + 83 + 89 + 97.
mkMy TIL the number of new law school students has dropped by 13.8% since 2010.
ANZyg TIL that the actor who portrayed the little boy in The Ring is now an attorney for the U.S. House of Representatives. He is the Legislative Director & General Counsel to the Energy & Commerce Committee’s Vice Chair and Homeland Security Committee’s Cybersecurity Subcommittee Emeritus Chair.