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TIL that the Ancient Egyptians used Crocodile dung for birth control

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GDEg TIL on 5 March 1945, a Gurkha soldier in the British army calmly stood up in open sight and killed a sniper pinning down his company before going on to clear 5 enemy bunkers, single-handedly, all whilst under heavy fire.
aQPJ TIL that in Spain employees get 14 monthly paychecks a year (a double pay in Christmas and summer)
rNYBd TIL about the Löwenmensch or Lion Man of Germany. About 12-in. tall, this statue of an anthropomorphic cave lion is about 35,000 to 40,000 years old and was carved from a mammoth tusk. The oldest statue ever discovered, it was found in the same caves as the earliest musical instruments.
Zy9G TIL that Iranian and US special forces worked together to overthrow the Taliban in Herat
p8gkG TIL Pope Pius II sent an angry letter to Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI) rebuking him after word spread that he held a 5 hour orgy at a child's baptism. Pius wrote "In order to have more freedom for your amusements you forbade entry to the husbands, fathers, brothers, and relations.."