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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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y0d8 TIL the word nimrod comes from a biblical figure, king Nimrod, who was a mighty hunter, but now means a stupid person after Bugs Bunny sarcastically referred to the hunter Elmer Fudd as nimrod in 1932. Most people did not get the joke and assumed it meant «stupid».
ADoLl TIL in the 1870s, the city of Liège, Belgium hired 37 cats to deliver mail. It was unsuccessful.
ePpk TIL: In American TV there is something called “The Friday night death slot” Many canceled shows Including Firefly, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr, and The Good Guys all aired in that slot.
Olb6 TIL that when Chuck Norris was asked who would win a fight between him and Bruce Lee, he said, “Bruce [Lee] of course, nobody can beat him.”
p8d0A TIL about the Finnish term "kalsarikänni" which translates to “drinking at home, alone, in your underwear”