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TIL that in Return of the Jedi, the Ewoks spoke in high-speed Tibetan.

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nexPP TIL During the Cold War a Soviet Duty Officer whose job it was to report missile strikes to high command, dismissed satellite reports of five inbound missiles, saving the world from nuclear war.
OGyge TIL: The French in the 19th century developed Canne de combat, a fighting style that utilizes a cane. It was primarily used by the upper class. In WW2, there was a group that would used cane techniques to carry out assassinations. Unfortunately, the last masters of cane fighting are dying out.
oBWJ8 TIL that Hitler only had four teeth when he died.
BrOOk TIL Ming Dynasty eunuchs and courtesans in the Ming Dynasty formed a distinctive form of marriage in a secretive way. Although Ming eunuchs were incapable of bearing children, they were equally eager to have a family.
mx9BR TIL that, unlike ants, termites have a King AND Queen of their colonies. This is because, also unlike ants, males survive after mating and spend the rest of their lives paired with their mated female.