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TIL there’s a service that routes telemarketing calls to a bot that wastes as much time as possible engaging in conversation

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M7XX8 TIL During the American Revolutionary War the French had to defend their trading posts from the British since French allied themselves with the American colonists revolting against the British Empire, forcing Indians to fight amongst each other in India in a civil war over the trading posts.
grWb TIL Finnish WWII sniper Simo Häyhä, who killed 505 Soviet soldiers in less than 100 days, didn’t even use a telescopic sight.
R5bPw TIL LoanDepot Park had an aquarium that acted as a backstop during Miami Marlins MLB games. It was removed in 2021
gM95b TIL even though the piano creates sound using strings, it is usually classified as a percussion instrument because the strings are hit by hammers to generate the sound, rather than plucked or bowed.
XEdxR TIL that JRR Tolkein fought in the Battle of the Somme