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TIL: The Persians once used an army of cats to the defeat the Egyptian Army

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leDr TIL: There are more people living in slavery today than at any time in human history.
Y7VAv TIL during the 1867 Royal Tour of Australia there were several riots (a child was killed in one), a drowning, Alfred Hall burning down (killing 3 more children) and Prince Alfred getting shot.
a8BLZ TIL that the first black air force pilot in history was an African-Turkish named Ahmet Ali. He served in World War I and Turkish War of Independence, retired from Turkish Air Force as a colonel in 1949 and died in 1969. His grandchildren are still living in Turkey and also active in aviation.
d8WrB TIL famous architect Buckminster Fuller proposed using the word "world-round" over "world-wide" because he felt like "world-wide" was anachronistic since the flat-earth belief was antiquated
4yjJ TIL Neil Patrick Harris earned $210K per episode of How I Met Your Mother, while the rest of the cast only earned $120K per episode.