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TIL in 1943 the SAS successfully hijacked a train in Italy to libertate inmates from concentration behind enemy lines.

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KYMbR TIL that ligers (the offspring of a male lion and female tiger) are the largest big cat because, unlike lionesses, female tigers do not possess growth-limiting genes to counter the growth-maximising genes of male lions.
QJX6 TIL that after Johnny Carson joked on air about an imaginary toilet paper shortage, Americans began hoarding toilet paper, “causing a real shortage that lasted for weeks” (3rd paragraph)
m1W8Y TIL in 2012, the remainder of the Wilhelm Unger Games in Germany were cancelled after a referee was running to measure the distance of a javelin throw while it was still in the air and was struck in the face and throat by it. The referee died after being taken to the hospital.
GawJ TIL If you try to touch a member of the Queen’s Guard, they will shout “Step back from the Queen’s Guard” and point their rifle at you.
YJxW TIL at the height of the Irish Potato Famine in 1847, almost 4,000 ships carried food from Ireland to England and Scotland while 400,000 Irish died of starvation and related diseases. The same year, a Native American tribe sent $710 to help ease the suffering.