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TIL during WW1 soldiers used mid-evil weapons like the “trench club”. Specifically the Bosnians used them to finish off wounded opponents hit by poison gas

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p0EQ TIL Charles Osborne had the hiccups non-stop for approximately 68 years, from 1922 to 1990. His hiccups first started in 1922 while weighing a hog for slaughter. He fell and busted a blood vessel in his brain resulting in him damaging a small part of the brain that inhibits the hiccup response
4pMX TIL a rock shot from a lawn mower can have the same force as a bullet from a .357 magnum
QNaXE TIL of Isaac Rice, a 1800s music teacher turned businessman who made electric cars & submarines and invented his own chess opening called the Rice Gambit. He loved it so much that he formed a Rice Gambit Association where he sponsored top players to play in tournaments only using his opening.
Zpjxo TIL Cunningham's law states: "The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it's to post the wrong answer."
JZb1 TIL that England still has a High Court of Chivalry. It last sat in 1954 after a 200 year break and its first ruling was to decide whether it still existed.