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TIL of the 4,500 troops in the British army who were retreating from Kabul to Jalalabad in 1842, the only one who made it back uncaptured was assistant surgeon William Brydon. When asked upon his arrival what happened to the army, he answered, “I am the army.”

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D1bwY TIL The Last man sentenced to death in the UK had this guilty verdict overturned and squashed after 19 years in jail and 40 years appealing his sentence. He was 19 years of age when he was sentenced to death and 58 years of age when his conviction was overturned and his innocence recognized.
N7d81 TIL about “pee paint,” a special paint that repels pee back on the pee-er. Cities use it in an attempt to reduce public urination on walls.
R5Wbj TIL, Until the evolution of the printing press in the 15th century, use of modern numbers (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9), also called Arabic numerals, in Europe was mainly confined to Northern Italy.
kOJm4 TIL that a mere 16 years after being marched 1000s of Miles during the ‘Trail of Tears’, the Choctaw donated what is equivalent to tens of thousands today to Irish during their potato famine.
eV0E TIL that Apple is not the worlds most valuable company. Saudi Aramco, a private company is worth at least double Apple’s amount, at least $1.2 Trillion