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Today I learned movie trailers used to come after the movie - “trailed” the movie but no one would stay after the film to watch them.

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AD6wd TIL in 1913 Bulgaria went to war against its own allies from the First Balkans War, facing off against a combined strength double its own. Unsurprisingly, it failed.
Zpo9v TIL that the Kiso Uma, the only horse breed native to Japan's main island of Honshu, nearly went extinct from an Imperial Japanese Army program. The population recovered soley because of a single stallion dedicated to a Shinto shrine, whose one offspring became the father of over 700 Kiso horses.
R10w TIL that 18th Century Norwegian swashbuckler Peter Tordenskjold once ran out of ammo during a sea battle so he sent his enemy a letter thanking him for “a fine duel” and asking him to send more ammo so they could carry on. The two crews then toasted each other’s health and went their separate ways.
JYlAQ TIL America sent a 2000 lbs manhole cover into space in 1957 during a series of Nuclear Bomb tests about 5 weeks before Sputnik, effectively winning the space race. During an underground test shot the manhole cover achieved a speed estimated at 6 times orbital escape velocity or about 150 000 mph.
R7M16 TIL Einstein was still working on his Theory of Everything while laying on his deathbed, in the last hours of his life, while fading in and out of consciousness.