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TIL about Doggerland, which was an area in northern Europe once home to fertile lands and hunter-gatherers, and is now submerged beneath the North Sea due to rising sea levels and a tsunami

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RGx9 TIL Two US Soldiers were killed by North Korea, while trying to trim down a tree that obscured their view. 3 days later, a task force of 813 troops entered Korea and chopped it down.
166W8 TIL that Canadian hero Isaac Brock defeated American forces by using scam tactics, such as having his forces wear cast-off uniforms to make the Americans believe that they were the feared British redcoats.
X01NR TIL 27% of Americans 18 and older have cut off contact with a family member
wLGW TIL that Claudette Colvin resisted bus segregation nine months before Rosa Parks, and it is her case that went to the Supreme Court — only for her to be swept under the rug by NAACP leaders since she was a pregnant teenager.
5X78 TIL there is a game in the UK called “conkers,” in which two opponents will take turns striking the opposition’s chestnut with a shoelace through it until one of them breaks.