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TIL that a portuguese soldier who ran out of bullets during the siege of Diu extracted his own teeth and armed his weapon with it, firing against the enemy that was considering he was out of ammunition.

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DQ7Xp TIL Somatoparaphrenia is a condition where a person denies ownership of a part of their body, usually their left arm or leg. They may claim that the limb belongs to someone else, or that it is a foreign object. They may also ignore, reject, or harm their affected limb, or try to get rid of it.
DEwp TIL The Lion King game led to the creation of Direct X.
DZXJ TIL in 1866 Liechtenstein had an army of 80 men and fought during the Austro-Prussian war, they suffered no injuries or deaths and returned home with 81 people because they made a new Italian friend. The army was disbanded soon after and they haven’t had an army since.
Evyo TIL modern people get similar amounts of sleep to people from pre-industrial times, but the extra exposure to artificial light means we sleep worse
vPX0D TIL That the transition of the Ming to Qing dynasty in China took 65 years and cost approximately 25 million lives.