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TIL of a horse called Comanche, the only survivor of the battle of Little Bighorn. It was decreed he should never have to carry a rider nor do any work for the rest of his days

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16GKd TIL Saban's Big Bad Beetleborgs, Mystic Knights, VR Troopers and Masked Rider were all popular kids' shows in the 1990's with high ratings, each were canceled due to Saban running out of footage from the original shows since each of these shows were based on the Japanese show, Metal Hero Tokusatsu
groW TIL 20 crew and passengers died in a plane crash when a crocodile, being smuggled by one of the passengers in a sports bag, freed itself and panicked the passengers who all ran towards the flightdeck. The Filair L-410 Turbolet unbalanced and crashed. The crocodile survived.
R7NNj TIL according to Icelandic folklore, the monstrous Yule Cat will eat you if you don't receive any clothing for Christmas
6EJLQ TIL that Queen Victoria's coronation was beset with problems. The coronation ring was painfully forced on to the wrong finger, an elderly Lord fell down the stairs while paying homage to her, and a confused bishop wrongly told her that the ceremony was over.
QM86 TIL that 1 in 8 people who have ever lived are alive today