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TIL George Washington stopped the Revolutionary War to return a lost dog to the enemy. The terrier of a British general was found wandering the battlefield. The US waved a truce flag, and both sides stopped shooting until the dog was successfully returned to the British commander.

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YpmaA TIL Entomophagy refers to insect-eating. Roughly 2 billion people (over 25% of the world's population) regularly eat insects as part of their diet. Despite being inexpensive, eco-friendly, and high in protein, the West is the only region where insects are not eaten.
KdO6 TIL that all the mountains on Titan are named after mountains and peaks from J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth.
KppE TIL: There is a word for the murder of citizens by their own government, “democide” and it is the leading cause of unnatural human death.
78JwM TIL about Jawhar al-Siqilli, an Italian sodlier-slave in Fatimid hands who gained his freedom after 40 years of slavery and worked his way up to becoming the viceroy of Egypt, there he founded the city of Cairo and the al-Azhar university, the oldest university in the world.
VgpB TIL, morning wood is actually exercise for your penis, and lack of sleep can contribute to ED.