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TIL that not all clumps of twigs and leaves in trees are bird nests — some are actually squirrel nests called "dreys."

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VLpp TIL that a French Canadian soldier during WWII single-handedly captured 93 German soldiers and He declined the invitation to be decorated, because according to him General Montgomery (who was giving the award) was “incompetent” and in no position to be giving out medals.
p8DNG TIL There were only two groups in Sparta that could have their names inscribed in their tombstones: mothers who died giving life and soldiers who fell in battle.
wo6X6 TIL about Operation Paul Bunyan, where the US cut down a tree in the Korean DMZ as a response to the murder of two officers, deploying over 800 soldiers and air support without any shots fired. The operation left a 19-foot stump as a reminder of the incident.
ZwQ4 TIL that first-known definitive case of a benign bone tumor discovered in the rib of a young Neandertal was 120,000 years old
Rjb4 TIL jenga is Swahili for build