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TIL that on this date in 1777, British soldiers ambushed sleeping U.S. soldiers with bayonets, killing or wounding 200. Less than two years later, the American general who was ambushed used the same tactic on the British, killing 94 and capturing nearly 500.

BG9y TIL Male giraffes headbutt female giraffes in the bladder until she urinates. The male giraffe will then taste the urine to see if he can mate with her.
JY7Gv TIL: In 1910 a Spanish shepherd went missing. Rumour spread he’d been murdered. Two men confessed to his murder under torture by the Civil Guard and served 12 years in prison before being pardoned in 1925. In 1926 it was discovered the shepherd had been living in a nearby town the entire time.
WkNxA TIL Animals confined to small places in zoos often start exhibiting unnatural repetitive motions or Trichotillomania due to neurosis caused by confinement labeled az zoochosis the zoo equivalent of psychosis
awd0Z TIL about the Bangui magnetic anomaly which is a dip in the Earth's magnetic field in the Central African Republic - a grievously poor country in the middle of Africa. The anomaly may have been caused by an ancient meteorite impact...
Z80gY TIL The japanese passport is the strongest passport in the world in terms of travel freedom alongside Singapore and South Korea. Japanese citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 189 countries and territories including the world's four largest economies - China, India, USA and the EU.