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TIL the Battle of Vimy Ridge was the first time when all four divisions of Canada’s army fought together. They had captured more ground, more prisoners and more guns than any previous Allied offensive in the two and a half years of war up to that point. Today is the 96th anniversary of the assault.

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VBOPk TIL: Last year in 2023, a 2 decade mystery was solved regarding the identity of an Iron Age warrior. Using the tooth enamel, the warrior was a woman, suggesting women played a larger role in warfare. Being buried with a sword and mirror suggests she may have lead raids as a commander.
Z8xLB TIL of the "Stoned Ape" theory of human evolution which states that early hominids ate "magic mushrooms" growing in the dung of large African Animals and this helped to rapidly evolve the human brain into a state of higher consciousness.
J1Xm8 TIL that on April 28th, 1988 the roof of an Aloha Airlines jet ripped off at 24,000 feet mid-air. Clarabella Lansing , a flight attendant, was the only fatality. She was swept out of the airplane near the 5th row seats. Her body was never found .
4ky16 TIL that Gates of the Arctic in Alaska is the northernmost National Park in the U.S. It’s three times the size of Yellowstone but sees fewer visitors in a year than Yellowstone gets in a single day.
N45N TIL that a floating British base was abandoned until a rogue DJ moved there. He declared the floating fortress the Principality of Sealand. He raised a flag, named himself Prince and his wife Princess. Sealand withstood court challenges, and remains an independent nation to this day.