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TIL during the Falklands War the British Navy mistook whales for submarines and torpedoed them, killing three

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Oo1na TIL in the 16th and 17th centuries, English people literally bought their military ranks. In 2020 USD, 130k or so for cavalry, up to 1.6 million for lt. colonel
m11DR TIL about the Elephantine Colossus: A 200-foot-tall elephant-shaped hotel that was built on Coney Island in 1885, that housed a concert hall, museum, observatory, and more. It later became a brothel but burnt down on 27th September 1896 following a mysterious incident.
8aWE4 TIL of Koča Popović, a Yugoslav politician and Spanish Civil War veteran who is referred to as "The man who saved the Partisans" because of his breakthrough plans during Operation Southeast Croatia and at the Battle of Sutjeska both of which could have led to the annihilation of the resistance.
ZpZVv TIL: Morgan Freeman has suffered with paralysis in his left hand since he was left seriously injured in 2008 after his car flipped multiple times
W7dG4 TIL How degrading Soil affects Nutrition, Mental Health, and Ecosystems | neurologists and microbiome scientists are clearly indicating that in another 15 years, human "software" will start collapsing due to large no. of extinction of species.