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TIL a British soldier managed to get a longbow kill during WW2, the only recorded one during the war as well as the most recent one.

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Br9yk TIL about Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, an oversize celebrity comic book published by DC Comics in 1978. The 72-page book features Superman teaming up with the heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali to defeat an alien invasion of Earth, but first they have fight each other in a boxing match.
8alYK TIL in one of Thomas Jefferson's letters to James Madison in 1789 he stated that the Constitution and laws should expire after 19 years. This was to allow the new generations to learn from the past and change accordingly, it was also to prevent older generations from "binding" subsequent ones.
6dy7 TIL Workers at Ground Zero found an 18th century wooden ship underneath the World Trade Center ruble.
GA69N TIL Taking regular breaks from screens can reduce eye strain, improve focus, and lower stress levels. The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends limiting screen time & following the 20-20-20 rule (every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds) to protect eye health.
nW0pP TIL of the space animal hypothesis, the idea that UFOs are not alien spaceships but animal lifeforms indigenous to Earth's sky or interplanetary space.