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d8yBB TIL of the "Miracle" at Missionary Ridge during the US Civil War, when Union soldiers, after completing an ordered assault, went on seemingly of their own volition to storm up and drive back an "impregnable" entrenched Confederate defense on a high ridge.
V60p TIL Between 1945 and 1965, the number of people under British rule outside the UK itself fell from 700 million to five million.
YpJQr TIL that an inmate serving a life term for molesting and killing a 10-year-old girl named Katie got "Katie's Revenge" tattooed across his forehead by other inmates.
xWPb TIL if you eat a polar bears liver you will probably die. It contains more vitamin A than the human body can tolerate.
VrjG TIL American Nimitz-class aircraft carriers can cruise continuously at maximum speed for 25 years before needing to be refueled.