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TIL Qaddafi Warned France “If I Go Down, You Will Be Flooded With Millions Of Blacks”

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vPXyj TIL that Geladas are the last remaining species of ancient grazing pronates. They use their large teeth to intimidate and assert dominance.
XAd8 TIL that in 2008 in Afghanistan, a British Marine threw his back on a grenade and lived, and also saved lives of his patrol. His rucksack took the impact, and he was awarded with the Victoria Cross, the highest British military honor. He only suffered a nosebleed and a shock in the aftermath.
0YRv TIL the British were not always heavy tea drinkers. They only switched to tea after an introduced plant rust wiped out most of the world’s coffee crops in the late 1800s.
wLMDJ Today I learned that John Adams wanted to celebrate Independence day on July Second with, "Pomp and Parade with shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations"
4XZJb TIL Victorians didn't actually cover table legs because they were too 'sexy'