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TIL of the HMS Black Joke, which was previously a Brazilian slave ship called the Henriquetta. It was captured by the Royal Navy and repurposed to chase down slave ships, ultimately freeing hundreds of slaves during her five-year career.

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lxD5 TIL, that during the Italian invasion of France, 9 French soldiers defended the Pont Saint Louis against 5000 Italians for 10 days - of which 700 Italians were killed or injured. Eventually an Armistice was agreed.
8eJjK TIL that the reason UK Pubs had stupid names, was so the illiterate patrons could find them with the artwork.
EEN0 TIL that there was a blind boy that developed his own echolocation system to “see” by making clicking sounds with his mouth.
5rKn TIL when police raided a dog fighting ring in South Carolina, 8 suspects attempted to flee the scene. One of the suspects was taken into custody after one of the dogs chased him and “took him down”. The dog then escaped.
dkrr TIL there is quite a large list of people who were killed by the things they invented.