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TIL Marvel ended the Fantastic Four comic and plans to replace the X-men with the lesser known Inhumans, all because FOX won’t give them back the movie rights to X-men and Fantastic Four

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awg4b TIL in 1680, the Puebloans of N.M., united by leader Popé, expelled their Spanish oppressors by force for the next 12 years, enabling the natives to preserve their rich culture which still exists today. The Pueblo Revolt is considered the most successful indigneous rebellion in American history.
8alVa TIL the sharpest object every made is a tungsten needle, which tapers down to the tip being about the size of an atom.
gr6Ry TIL that most of the 100,000 French soldiers evacuated at Dunkirk were quickly sent back to France. About half of them ended up redeployed against the Germans before the French surrender, and many were subsequently killed or captured.
WREY TIL that war pigs were used in ancient warfare, to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
8N9V TIL that “nauseated” and “nauseous” are not interchangeable: “I am nauseated” means “I feel sick,” but “I am nauseous” literally means “I cause a feeling of sickness.”