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TIL That since the end of the WWII Canada has been naming its 1000’s of unnamed lakes after fallen soldiers.

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BXWk TIL remains found in a peat bog in Florida in 1982 are over 8000 years old - predating the Pyramids by 3500 years.
ANwZo TIL, talk-show host Montel Williams, Jr. served 22 years in the Navy, worked as a cryptologist and retired as Lt. Commander.
Y7mA7 TIL Australia has two venomous snakes that live above the snow line in the Australian Alps. The White-lipped snake and Alpine copperhead. The Alpine copperhead is capable of inflicting fatal bites. In 2015 a man was bitten in the Kosciusko National Park in winter and airlifted to hospital.
OoLo6 TIL that author H. G. Wells was a pioneer in miniature wargaming. In 1913 he published Little Wars, a rulebook for playing out battles using toy soldiers.
l6MA TIL Andrew Jackson was challenged to a duel by Charles Dickinson who was considered an expert shot. Jackson allowed him to fire first hoping his aim to be spoiled by his quickness. The bullet did miss just shy of Jackson’s heart. Dickinson had to stand there waiting for Jackson to kill him.