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M7RKV TIL: Most sailboats over the length of 16 feet have some form of engine and/or auxiliary power.
AmJ4 TIL Spielberg adviced the ‘Red coat girl’ on 'Schindler’s List’ to only watch the film when she turns 18 but watched it instead at age 11 saying she was 'traumatized and ashamed’ until she revisited it properly 7 yrs later
1aNG4 TIL Persian King Cambyses won the battle of Pelusium against Egypt by using their reverence of animals against them - his front line was dogs, sheep, cats, ibises & whatever other animals the Egyptians hold dear, & the Persian soldiers had the image of Bastet (cat goddess) painted on their shields.
87vP TIL that the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon is when you learn something and then suddenly hear about it more frequently.
d8Paj TIL that inter-service rivalry as well as tactical differences between the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy hampered the already deteriorating war effort during WW2. The rivalry was so bad that the Army has their own ships and the Navy has their own infantry groups.