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TIL the British Navy battled the French Navy in WWII.

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W7B6o TIL At the 1994 World Cup, Colombian footballer Andrés Escobar inadvertently scored a goal on his own team during their match against the US. Five days later, Escobar was shot and murdered as retaliation by the Medellin Cartel.
pYj4G TIL that there is a Death Metal Band called Hatebeak whose singer is a Grey Parrot named Waldo with songs like "Bird Seed of Vengeance"
mxkeO TIL there is a psychological condition known as Cherophobia, It quite literally means the fear of being happy. Individuals with this condition are said to experience anxiety at joyful events like parties, refuse to engage in life improving oppotrunities, and shun joyous people.
O974 TIL the European Space Agency and EU are currently deploying an alternative to GPS, called “Galileo”. As well as being accurate to 1 meter, it will also have a “Search and Rescue Service”, where distress signals can be picked up from anywhere on Earth. The full system will be completed by 2019.
g7J8 TIL you have a ‘second brain’ embedded in the wall of your gut which controls digestion and has five times more neurons than a rat’s brain