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TIL some people are allergic to water.

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YpJgr TIL about the Battle of Saragarhi where 21 Sikh Soldiers of the British Army fought against 10,000 Afghan Tribesmen. It is considered to be one of the greatest last stands in human history.
NRQP TIL the Concorde plane used in the disaster film Concorde ‘79, was the same Concorde that would crash in France and kill 113 people 21 years later.
rNXBx TIL of Carriage dogs; dogs that travelled with carriages in order to protect them from bandits or to drive off crowds in front of early fire engines and would stay with the horses in order to help keep them calm.
69r6J TIL a Japanese postmaster under investigation for embezzlement deployed three suicide attempts in succession before succeeding: hanging himself, leaping off a cliff, then drowning.
9wyZG TIL Sissy Spacek funded the early David Lynch