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TIL that during The Great War Britain ran out of binoculars, so they turned to the leading manufacturer of optics to buy them: Germany. In turn Germany bought from Britain what they most needed: rubber.

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1aWoV TIL newborns are "obligate nose breathers" meaning that they can only breathe through their nose for the first few months of their life.
Z8MmG TIL that in 2016 a gang of five men were jailed for stealing £25,000 worth of Jammie Dodgers from a factory in Torfaen, Wales. As they were being led away from the docks, one of the defendants called out "Does anyone want a biscuit?".
QJZ6k TIL that a small population of Mammoths survived on the Wrangel Island, Russia until 1650 BC, about 900 years after the construction of The Great Pyramid of Giza were completed.
KWE6 TIL Jason Segel actually wrote the Dracula musical from forgetting Sarah Marshall. Attributed it to a slow period in his career and smoking lots of pot.
eWM6 TIL In WW2, Polish soldiers found and adopted a brown bear (Wojtek) who boosted morale and helped carry ammunitions for the soldiers. He retired in Edinburgh zoo after the war.