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TIL After receiving two arrows to the face at the battle of Neville's Cross, King David of Scotland fled and tried to hide under a bridge. When he was eventually spotted by enemies, he managed to fight back and knocked out two of his captor's teeth. He survived and lived for 25 more years

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neB09 TIL The day that "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" premiered, there was an op-ed in the New York Times titled "O'Brien flops" that said "one can't help but have grave doubts about his prospects". The op-ed was written by Conan O'Brien himself.
e0MEE TIL that white cats with blue eyes are usually deaf. This condition is called "Congenital sensorineural deafness in cats" and quite common.
ey5g TIL In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent
Wy1L TIL Native Americans used to eat soil to counteract the toxins in acorns and potatoes (before domesticated)
b6DGE TIL Ray Bolger, the actor who played Scarecrow in Wizard of Oz (1939) was asked if he got any residuals from telecasts of The Wizard of Oz, Bolger replyed: "No, just immortality. I'll settle for that."