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TIL about "the strangest battle in history", where US and German forces battled against the SS to protect French political prisoners.

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6EKZQ TIL that there is a Chinese MMA fighter challenging and taking out Chinese martial arts "masters"
GeKQ TIL that the United Kingdom and Portugal hold the longest standing alliance in the world, it started in 1386
NR1P TIL there’s an amusement park in Germany where you can ride Falcor from “The NeverEnding Story”.
9wLwX TIL in 1973 a British couple survived 117 days lost at sea on an inflatable raft after their boat sank when it was struck by a whale. They survived by "almost continually" bailing water out of their raft, while collecting rainwater & killing turtles, birds and fish with their bare hands for food.
WkgpX TIL Argentine ants in Europe have taken over a 3,700-mile stretch of coast along the Mediterranean Sea. This single colony is the largest ever discovered and it’s wider than Rhode Island and Delaware combined.