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TIL that we've had beds for over 200,000 years!

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EYJo TIL During the initial assault on Stalingrad, German forces were shocked to find they were fighting mostly women from an anti-aircraft regiment, who used their anti-aircraft guns to destroy German Panzers.
gr6eX TIL about the PL-12 Airtruk. The world's ugliest airplane.
LoPQ TIL when St. Augustine, writing in the fourth century A.D., observed his teacher St. Ambrose reading to himself without moving his tongue or murmuring, he thought the unusual behavior so noteworthy as to record it in his “Confessions”.
vPLAK TIL that Karen Dotrice, who portrayed Jane in Disney's Mary Poppins, didn't see the film in its entirety until 2013, almost fifty years after its original release. She didn't watch the full 140-minute film at its 1964 premiere because she had to leave early for school the following morning.
XEOV6 TIL that in 1825, the panda was given its name by a French zoologist. 76 years later, the name was lent to a black and white bear that was mistakenly thought to be a close relative. The giant panda’s name stuck, and the original panda became the lesser or red panda.