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TIL there was hundreds of thousands of Irish slaves and it wasn’t just African slaves.

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4kbQ6 TIL about the Battle of Saragarhi, a last-stand battle fought between 21 Sikh Soldiers from British India, and some 10,000 Afghan tribesmen. The soldiers refused to surrender and defended the outpost of Saragarhi, until they were wiped out.
RXPj TIL Chuck Jones (Creator of Bugs Bunny) Determined That Bugs Would be Crazy, but Only if His Craziness Served a Purpose. While Daffy Duck’s Craziness (Among Other Characters) Could be Unhinged and Purposeless.
WXZ8 TIL, After bombing of Hiroshima some people moved to Nagasaki, 165 of these survived both the atomic bombings
oB0N7 TIL A 2018 study found strong evidence for the link between olfaction and obesity. That is, the sense of smell is negatively correlated with body weight.
Bmbd TIL asbestos was commonly used for fake snow in early Hollywood, including the scene in the Wizard of Oz where it snows in the Poppy Field.