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TIL the British Navy battled the French Navy in WWII.

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ANA8w TIL that West Point's class of 1915 is referred to as "the class the stars fell on", due to the fact that 59 of its graduates would later become general officers. These included two eventual five-star generals: Dwight D. Eisenhower, later also 34th President of the United States, and Omar Bradley
BBZb TIL that Yuma, Arizona is the sunniest place in the United States and one of the sunniest in the world.
ANpWo TIL That Fata Morgana, an optical phenomenon that produces inverted and erect images, occurs because rays of light bend when they pass through air layers of different temperatures in a steep thermal inversion where an atmospheric duct has formed.
698dX TIL: Woodstock was Crosby, Stills, and Nash’s second time ever performing onstage together - and the first time was the night prior.
mxZOE TIL of four guys who went on 20,352 mile horseback ride across the U.S. visiting every state’s capital in from 1912-1915. It was the most epic “road trip” of their time but they received relatively little recognition for it.