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TIL James Brown was mummified after death and still resides at his daughters home.

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RxMl TIL that Mongolian horse archers, back in 1200 AD, could “slide down the side of their horse to shield their body from enemy arrows, while simultaneously holding their bow under the horse’s chin and returning fire, all at full gallop.” These guys were unreal.
XEvrD TIL about WWII wooden-hauled devil boats. These boats operate in packs and lay barrage after barrage of gunfire and torpedoes instilling fear among Japanese crews even on larger detroyer-class warships
M7JB0 TIL the first six films in the Saw franchise included blood collection drives as part of their promotions. Over 120,000 pints of blood were collected because of these drives, which is estimated to have helped save around 360,000 lives.
Q6j9 TIL that Mythbuster’s Jamie Hyneman ran away from home at age 14 and then hitchhiked all over the United States. Now he is a certified diver,wilderness survival expert, boat captain, linguist, pet shop owner, animal wrangler, machinist, concrete inspector, and chef.
BgE7r TIL the world's oldest dog(31) was supposed to be killed after birth but his brown fur aided him in hiding amidst wooden logs