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TIL blue bunnies are a thing

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6EVp7 TIL that after 2 years of using a Catalan mercenary company to fight the Turks, the Byzantine emperor betrayed the company and tried to wipe them out in 1305. The mercenaries went on a rampage so destructive that the monks of Mount Athos only lifted their ban of Catalan citizens in the year 2000.
wLmL1 TIL that George Washington ordered a ceasefire during the Revolutionary War to return a lost dog to its owner, Sir William Howe, a British general. The dog was found wandering the battlefield and was fed and cleaned before being returned to Howe.
pYw1b TIL that an in 1551 an unidentified disease known as sweating sickness, killed both the two young heirs to the Duke of Suffolk title within hours.
1agl4 TIL there are 13 secret green shelters built in 1875 dotted around London that only cab drivers can enter.
a8N1M TIL Adenosine is an organic compound that, when injected, stops the heart for a few seconds and is used to treat heartbeats, that are too fast (140-250bpm), in effect turning it off an on again.