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TIL the Mongols did what Hitler and Napoleon failed to do - defeat the Russians during winter!

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mx0YM TIL A house cat bit its owner in the middle of the night to alert the family for the house fire. The family got out in time with no injuries and the fire department confirmed the cat was partially responsible for the rescue, "Hero kitty"
4Ly6 TIL A South African IT company preferred to use a pigeon to transport a 4GB flash drive over 80 km (50 mi) instead of using the country’s biggest ISP’s ADSL. Including downloading, it took two hours for the data to arrive, the same amount of time it took to tranfer 4% of the data over the ADSL.
XLWQ TIL the same guy who voices Optimus Prime voiced Eeyore as well as characters in Ducktales, My Little Pony, and Carebears.
LkbEV TIL of Perpetua, a 3rd century martyr, by attack of wild animals. In the midst of the attacks, she would fix her dress and her hair to preserve her dignity. She eventually died by guiding the sword of a shaky soldier to her own neck.
BrMjb TIL that cast iron pans are a good source of dietary iron