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TIL a popular medieval sport was trying to head-butt a cat to death with your hands tied behind your back

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neXd9 TIL that in 1938 early aviator Douglas Corrigan was denied permission to fly from New York to Ierland. Since he was denied he planned to fly to California instead. 28 hours later he arrived in Ireland, telling officials that he must have mistakenly gone the wrong way.
x6J7o TIL there are 16.7 million IP addresses reserved specifically for amateur HAM radio operators
4kLoX TIL of the less well known and earlier War in Vietnam (1945-1946), which was a military success.
jZBv TIL more people have walked on the moon than scored against mariano rivera in the postseason
KOGBR TIL the spotted white porcelain anemone crab has highly unusual seafan-shaped claws which it uses to filter the water while sitting on top of an anemone by first collecting mucus from its host anemone's tentacles and then using that to attract and gather small sea creatures and plankton for food.