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TIL A duel was once fought in Paris where both men were suspended in the air by balloons, trying to shoot each other down.

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1abr TIL when the U.S. invaded Mexico the Irish fought alongside Mexico untill the last battle, when they ran out of ammo, tore down the white flag, and continued fighting with bayonets until 85 were captured and put to torturous deaths by the U.S. Today it is known as the largest hanging in N. America.
nW6kP TIL that the San people, one of the most genetically diverse group of people in the world, have separated from the rest of humans around 200,000 years ago, just a 100,000 years less from the lowest estimate of when humans separated from Neanderthals.
M7kA8 Til india is the biggest producer and consumer of the milk in the world. Top source of milk in India are Buffalos. cow is the second.
J5k8 TIL ethics books are 50% more likely to be stolen from libraries than other philosophy books
JYVQm TIL there is a group of scam baiters who turn the tables on the people who send out scam emails. In one case, they convinced a Nigerian scammer to travel 700 miles to Arabic-speaking Chad even though he didn't speak the language and didn't have enough money to make his way back home.