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TIL that James Woods reported and identified 2 of the 9/11 terrorists a month before the event when they performed a practice run.

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8aZVL TIL that in order to aid recruitment during WWI, the British allowed men from the same town to serve together in "pals battalions". This was stopped after the Battle of the Somme, in which casualties were so high amongst some units that almost the entire male population of some towns was wiped out.
J1RJ4 TIL That Henry VIII’s Foot Combat Armour was studied to help develop space suits.
epaZ5 TIL Our eyes have immune privilege - meaning that if detected, they would be considered a foreign invader and would be attacked by our immune system, causing us to go blind.
Pmmg TIL OK Go added 35 minutes of Damian Kulash’s sleeping girlfriend at the end of their album “Oh No” in order to prevent their label from using the extra space to add DRM software.
j6r6p TIL The baby Sacajawea carried for 2000 miles was Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. He was delivered by Meriwether Lewis, raised by William Clark, lived in a German castle for six years, spoke four languages, was a military scout, fur tapper and gold miner. He’s buried in an Oregon ghost town.