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TIL Britney Spears’ music is used by the British Navy to scare off Somali pirates

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ODJ4 TIL there is a 2002 movie called Wolves of Wall Street, in which young, good-looking brokers turn into werewolves.
R5KG7 TIL the last person collecting a pension from the American Civil War died in 2020.
e094J TIL that Napoleon actually lost most of his troops during the summer period of his invasion of Russia rather than during the infamous winter retreat. France started with ~650,000 troops and many died from heat exhaustion and disease. The army numbered about 100,000 by the time it reached Moscow.
d8RQ TIL that in 2010 we sent 192 000 text messages a second, and that American teen girls send a 100 texts messages a day, on average.
XEDAD TIL that people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease may lose the ability to smell peanut butter. The “Peanut Butter Test” may offer an early indication of the disease.