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TIL the Red Army used ticking clocks and haunting messages over loudspeakers to torment the encircled Germans at Stalingrad

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E1n6W TIL honey made from poisonous flowers was used to defeat an invading Roman army in 67 B.C.
M7o8 TIL That 100 million years ago, the center of a volcano in the Sahara desert collapsed, leaving a circular structure visible from space.
lXEN TIL Hugh Laurie from House was set to become an Olympic Rower, following the success of his father winning gold in the 1948 Olympics. It was Glandular Fever which forced him to abandon competitive rowing.
Q0ME TIL that the Nijō Palace in Kyoto has special floors that squeak when walked upon, a sound that is very similar to the Nightingale birds. So when attackers tried to kill the Shogun, they would give their position away, but would only think that the birds outside are chirping.
05ly TIL that Target Canada was so poorly planned out and such a failure that Canadians continued to cross the border to shop at Target stores in the United States.