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TIL in WWI shell shock was often misdiagnosed as “cowardice or lack of underlying character”. This led to more than 200 British soldiers being executed for desertion or leaving their post without authority.

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rRmkd TIL that multiple people have died attempting to cross a seemingly calm, innocent creek called the Bolton Strid. The stream actually hosts multiple underwater cave systems and dangerous currents below the surface that have sucked numerous people to their deaths.
NXwo6 TIL that Abraham Lincoln was a big fan of John Wilkes Booth
D6lp TIL Lake Vostok, the 16th largest lake in the world, was only confirmed to exist in 1993. It’s located in Antarctica beneath a 4km ice sheet. The average water temperature is around −3 °C; it remains liquid below freezing point because of high pressure from the weight of the ice above it
8a184 TIL the aeroplane was invented just 4 years after the car was (1886 -> 1890)
nWjBd TIL A Carthaginian peace is when the losing side is punished to the point it is crippled. The Treaty of Versailles was described by some economists as a Carthaginian peace and there were plans to cripple West Germany after WW2 but the Marshall Plan to rebuild was chosen instead.