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TIL "You are a thief and a murderer: you have killed a baboon and stolen his face" was a common insult in the 18th century

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rNkbe TIL that the largest cavalry charge in history happened at the Turkish seige of Vienna. Commanded and led by the King of Poland, 18,000 German and Polish horsemen charged at the Turkish line, destroying the invading Ottoman army. The battle is thought to have ended the Islamic invasion of Europe.
oRVMR TIL Ferdinand Rudow was a German entomologist notable for the poor quality of his taxonomic work. Although he named almost 200 species of wasps, almost all of them have been synonymized with other species.
oR7bA TIL that Charles Joughin, Chief Baker on the Titanic, helped passengers board lifeboats and was “boozed up”, which allowed him to withstand the frigid temperatures. He threw chairs overboard to use as flotation devices, and some say he was the last to enter the water, where he survived for 2 hours.
E1jBd TIL that Mila Kunis was a hardcore World of Warcraft player but had to stop playing because she was getting too addicted
wLd9M TIL a Florida professor caught 200 of his students in a cheating scandal and captured his lecture to them in a video he later posted online