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TIL that Lethbridge Alberta had the second largest POW camp in North America during WW2

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xZ0g Til the word “dude” first appeared in the 19th century to describe young men who were way too engrossed in the task of being fashionable
1aP5P TIL of "The Battle of the Words" in 1915 during WW1, where Belgian and German trenches were a mere 45 metres (150 feet) apart, leading to each sides throwing insults at each other all day and night. It eventually became so annoying the Belgian commander forbade his men from talking to the Germans.
X0XVD TIL that an average hurricane releases a phenomenal amount of energy through the formation of clouds and rain: about 5.2 x 10^19 Joules per day. This is about 200 times more electricity than humans produce planetwide.
ep4vL TIL of Phallaceae, AKA "Stinkhorn" fungus, a fungus that emits a foul smell to attract flies, beetles, and other insects to disperse the spores.
rRJkx TIL when Agave plants begin to die they will grow rapidly in a death bloom causing them to reach heights as high as 30 feet.