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TIL: Matt Stone and Trey Parker named most all of South Park’s characters after their family members

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erQE TIL the Vietnamese once repelled a Mongol naval invasion of ~400 ships by filling a river with iron-tipped spikes and then luring the ships in at high tide. The fleet was trapped at low tide and overwhelmed by a Vietnamese ambush.
b9QD4 TIL just one serving of processed meat per day increases risk of developing diabetes by 51%
X0DG6 TIL One day before the end of WW2, the German Cruise Liner, SS Cap Arcona was attacked and sunk by the RAF. The ship was used to hold concentration camp prisoners and 5000 were killed. Swedish intelligence had passed this information to the allies but it wasn't forwarded to the RAF.
oBPbo TIL That Japanese people have a literacy rate of almost 100%.
neNPB TIL when you die in Super Mario Bros. you can hold down the A button while you hit Start to continue from the the world where you left off.