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W7ROo TIL During the Vietnam War the act of "Fragging" was when US troops would toss a grenade in their commanding officers tent; known and suspected fragging cases by explosives in Vietnam from 1969 to 1972 totaled nearly 900 incidents.
8Y6V TIL that Denmark’s current Queen illustrated the Danish edition of The Lord of the Rings.
69LnZ TIL that Welsh boxer Tommy Farr, challenged Joe Louis for the heavyweight championship and gave Louis such hell, that the American home crowd booed when Louis was given the win.
4kvba TIL that the techichi is the ancestor of the chihuahua and were thought to see into the future by the ancient Toltecs who kept the dog as a companion.
awp6y TIL that Ireland’s biggest football stadium uses Harris hawks to control the skies so seagulls won’t enter the stadium during the matches or after the clean up.