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TIL That America has only been at peace for 21 years since 1776.

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XYWk TIL Donkeys are used for political protest in Oman because there is no way police can look dignified catching them.
m54Y TIL firefighters used to dip their beards in water and breathe through the wet hairs clenched between their teeth before breathing apparatuses were invented.
wowXY TIL that Carrie-Anne Moss, who starred as Trinity in The Matrix (1998), also starred years earlier in a TV years called Matrix (1993).
P1kGJ TIL that Charlie, from the 1971 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, never acted again, and recently retired from his large animal practice as a veterinarian.
yQAy8 TIL about the mythical isle of Thule. The Ancient Greek explorer, Pytheas, was the first to write about Thule during his travels between 330-20 BC. Thule is described like a land of fire and ice in which the sun never sets, about six days sailing north from Britain.