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TIL that the Battle of Jemappes happened today: French army beats Holy Roman Empire

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0D4M TIL that during WWII, King Christian X of Denmark was one of the only rulers of an occupied country who refused to go into exile for his own safety. He took daily rides through Copenhagen unattended to show he was not afraid.
wLA6J TIL, a 3,000 year old mummy was found that had a wooden prosthetic big toe.
Ea8W TIL Hot Cheetos were invented by a Mexican immigrant working as a janitor in a Frito-Lay plant, who is now an executive. After a machine broke, he took some plain Cheetos home, and created his own recipe inspired by street elotes. The president let him pitch it even though he barely spoke English.
e8gg TIL a man was sentenced to life without parole for accountability murder while the man he was charged for aiding was acquitted by a separate jury
9YKMp TIL that Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II had young infants raised without speaking to them in the 13th century to determine if there was a "natural" language imparted by God. His experiments proven unsuccessful because all the children raised this way died.