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TIL that the Northern Rhodesia Regiment used the motto "Different in Race, Equal in Fidelity"

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m1XQP TIL about the Braunschweig meteorite, a 1.3kg meteorite that hit a concrete path in Germany, leaving a 3cm deep/7cm wide crater.
eLjk TIL the Brazilian football player Sócrates, was a doctor of medicine, a degree he earned concurrently playing professional football. He was also noted for being an intellectual, a heavy drinker and a smoker.
a88dL TIL that Michael Phelps first competed in the Olympics in 2000 when he was just 15 years old, making him the youngest male to qualify for a US Olympic swim team in 68 years.
9YYYm TIL when James Brady’s surgeon was informed of the media’s announcement that Brady had died in the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, the surgeon replied, “No one has told me and the patient.”
lOEG TIL a gamer once complained on the Runic Games forums that a specific camera effect made a game unplayable for her due to a rare eye condition. Mere hours later, and early on a Sunday morning, the developers released a patch that added a user toggle for the effect