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TIL the founder of Atari is also the founder of Chuck E Cheese

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9YwmB TIL that 65 French Foreign Legionnaires besieged with no water and no food by 3,000 Mexicans, Infantry and Cavalry, refused to surrender, had repel several attacks, killing 200 Mexican and wounded 500, they held their position for 11 hours.
gMQxX TIL of Chevalier d'Éon - a French spy, dragoon and ambassador who had lived life both as man and woman. Their autopsy indicated they were intersex, and presented masculine in their early life for sake of inheritance.
MMJ8 TIL orangutans can use ‘calculated reciprocity’, which involves weighing the costs and benefits of gift exchanges and keeping track of these over time
N7WPM TIL Queen Elizabeth is also the Duke of Normandy, but only when she visits the Channel Islands. The title stays as “Duke” even if the monarch is a woman.
4kkyb TIL that the title "Triple Ace in a Day" refers to pilots who shot down 15 enemy aircraft in a single day. There have only been 5 such pilots, all of whom flew for the German Luftwaffe in WWII.