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TIL in the Mongol army if one soldier ran from danger in battle he would be killed along with the nine comrades in his unit

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XE5Ak TIL hippopotamus can defecate so much in the water they're in, that fish start to die because the bacteria in the hippo's feces use up the majority of the oxygen contained in the river.
DQgDY TIL that Babe Ruth was thrown out attempting to steal second base for the final out of game 7 of the 1926 World Series when the Yankees were only down by 1 run.
j7dN TIL that the first expedition to successfully climb Mount Everest, attributed to Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, comprised an additional 13 mountaineers, 1 journalist, 20 Sherpa guides and 362 local porters
5pd9 TIL Sand Pirates exist, along with a black market for sand. Pirates come to Cambodia and illegally dredge up sand, then the sell it to Singapore, which uses the sand to expand its coastline.
MexgV TIL Aerosmith's Joe Perry use to keep a roadie by the side of the stage instructed to give him a toot of cocaine through a straw whenever he wandered over pretending to need technical assistance