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TIL there are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why

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66EJ TIL of a parachute system for small planes that has thus far saved 90 lives
RnAa TIL, that ancient sloths were as big as rhinos. They were only exceeded in size by mammoths in other land mammals. There eventual extinction was due to human hunters.
yQanp TIL of the battle of Cable Street in 1936. Where people of London's East End, who stood up and stopped Edward Moseley's Black shirts from parading through London's largely Jewish East end. It lead to the public order act banning political uniforms
6909X TIL Vatican City leads the world in per-capita wine consumption due to its sacramental use
9yYm TIL Shakespeare invented the names Miranda, Jessica, and Olivia.