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TIL the United States Army has an Esports team

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x6aYk TIL Salvador Dali once scammed Yoko Ono into paying him $10,000 for a single blade of dry grass. Yoko had offered to pay him that sum for just one of his mustache hairs. He substituted the piece of grass for the single hair because he believed Yoko Ono was a witch and might use it to cast a spell.
p8njZ TIL in the late Middle Ages, A man accused of murder fought the victim's dog in a trial by combat. As the dog's jaws were around his throat, he confessed and was hanged.
VBMg4 TIL that sirens are designed to trigger fear circuits in the brain.
b84Q TIL of Merlin a cat capable of purring 67.8 db(A) loud - about as loud as a vacuum cleaner
nWlv9 TIL Leonardo Davinci was famed for buying caged birds at markets and setting them free.