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TIL the Allies fielded thousands of tanks by the end of World War I, a major technological breakthrough. The Germans deployed just 18.

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165dO TIL milk, orange juice, tea, and even cola are more hydrating than water
X00EX TIL Roger Bacon who lived from around 1214 to 1292. In his Epistola de Secretis Operibus, he wrote: “Cars can be made so that without animals they will move with unbelievable rapidity,” and “flying machines can be constructed by which artificial wings are made to beat the air like a flying bird.”
AD8dB TIL that when the 1907 Monongah mine disaster killed at least 367 coal miners in Marion County, West Virginia, the coal company tried to blame it on child workers playing pranks with explosives and igniting the massive explosion.
kOGKd TIL of a KFC knockoff in Bangkok that used Hitler's face instead of the colonel's for the logo
p8jZp TIL: There is no passage in the bible or evidence that puts Jesus' birth date on December 25th, the date was probably chosen due to its proximity to the winter solstice and a Roman festival called Saturnalia that took place on the 23rd.