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TIL the french use the expression “the english have landed” to say a woman is on her period.

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E18wX TIL in 1883 Sitting Bull made a speech in Sioux, not English, to US officials, generals, and railroad barons that began: "I hate all the White people, you are thieves and liars," and got worse from there. He would stop periodically to smile and bow, and the audience applauded enthusiastically.
D1bwY TIL The Last man sentenced to death in the UK had this guilty verdict overturned and squashed after 19 years in jail and 40 years appealing his sentence. He was 19 years of age when he was sentenced to death and 58 years of age when his conviction was overturned and his innocence recognized.
wOgP TIL A man foreclosed on a Bank of America branch after his house was wrongly foreclosed. He showed up with moving trucks and the local sheriff and told them to take everything out of the bank.
VBAV0 TIL that a bird(penguin) can go to greater depths in the ocean than most fish
vBB TIL we have the technology to display small holograms very similar to the ones in Star Wars but full-color, although it is not as portable as it is in the movie.