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TIL of the Battle of Gate Pā in 1864 where Maori troops defeated a British force six times larger.

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GYoeN TIL that Anonymous sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all their ink cartridges.
kOBZ7 TIL of Dean Karnazes; Ultra-Marathon runner who ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005
adY0 TIL an Iraqi informant single-handedly provided enough testimony about WMD’s between 1999-2001 to help justify the war in Iraq (2003-2011). An investigation in 2005 found he was crazy, out of control, a congenital liar, and an alcoholic. He later admitted he made it all up to be granted asylum.
N7xBN TIL the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) is the largest canid of South America. It is neither a fox nor a wolf. It is the only species in the genus Chrysocyon which literally means "golden dog", and it communicates mainly by scent markings and a kind of "roar-barking." Its urine smells like weed.
W7geN TIL: The first (domestic) bread-making appliance was invented & released in Japan in 1986 by Matsushita