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TIL that the Katip Sumat uprising in the 19th century was the ever-recorded jihad war involving Vietnam

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OoEwR TIL during WW1 the Royal Navy essentially dragged a flotilla overland to check German dominance of a strategically important African lake.
OGMy7 TIL NYC Photographer Jamie Livingston shot a Polaroid photo everyday for 6,000 days between March 1979 and October 1997. The first shot was of his girlfriend at the time and his last photo was on his deathbed, dying of cancer
0NZ1 TIL that Bruce Lee was so fast that the fight scenes in his movies had to be slowed down to see.
GEdg TIL 80% of the SR-71 Blackbird’s thrust at Mach 3.2 was generated from its ability to harness energy from the shock waves it created, thanks to special retractable spikes in front of its inlets. Its engines generated the other 20% of thrust.
MrpA TIL ancient egyptians used a method of multiplication and division which is completely different to our own, but very similar to that used by computers (video 7:04)