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TIL in WW2 a US Captain founded a lighthearted drinking group known as the Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles. On induction a member must reply to the question “Are you a turtle?” with “You bet your sweet ass I am” as all members are assumed to own a diabetic donkey.

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wLxDM TIL the main reason the British lost the American Revolutionary War was because it was essentially a global war with all of the main armies in the world against the UK. Most of the fighting took place outside of the US, and the American Revolutionaries played very little role in their 'win'.
mxngo TIL Mike Tyson's Training Regiment included waking up at 4am, jogging 5-miles. Then he would do 2000 sit-ups, 500 pushups, 500 dips, 500 shrugs and about 30 minutes of neck bridges daily. He repeated this 6 days a week.
PdJg TIL Tesla cars have a “bioweapon defense mode” utilising positive cabin pressure to protect occupants from the dangers outside.
OGYQL TIL a powerful hurricane split historic Captiva Island into two separate islands in 1921. The intensity of the storm cleaved the original island into what is now known as Captiva Island and North Captiva Island, and the storm's devastation ended all agriculture on both of the newly formed islands.
d6j8 TIL that Irene Triplett, an 84-year-old woman in North Carolina, still collects a monthly Civil War pension of $73.13 from the Department of Veterans Affairs. She is the last child of any Civil War veteran still on the VA benefits rolls.