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TIL that the first footage of a real war was shot by Frederick Villiers during the Battle of Volos in 1897

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Bbpx TIL that a Japanese anime named Sazae-san is more than 46 years old and has been airing since 1969 with a total of 2330 episodes on Sunday. It is one of the biggest ratings grabber on Japanese TV following simple plot lines like; today Sazae-san goes to the mall and gets lost.
QNGLp TIL that in an unrivaled capacity to taunt the enemy US Army General Matthew Ridgway would stand in the middle of a road under heavy artillery fire and urinate to demonstrate his contempt for German accuracy. Aides and fellow generals repeatedly begged him to abandon this bravado. He ignored them.
epVXg TIL tagging content on social media (I.e. hashtags) falls into a classification system called Folksonomy.
nWvB TIL it may be possible to colonize the three farthest gas giants with floating cities in their atmospheres.
rNn4 TIL In September 1987, citizens in Rio De Janeiro discovered 22 tons worth of sealed 2-pound cans of marijuana washed ashore along their beaches after suspected drug smugglers ditched their cargo. Out of those cans, only 20 were ever turned into the police.