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TIL That the largest population of Welsh speakers outside of the United Kingdom is in the Chubut Province of Argentina, with 5,000 speakers

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xVBv1 TIL of the Battle of Cable Street, with saw protesters confront Met police and Blackshirts from the BUF at a fascist march in 1936. A commemorative plaque about the incident reads "They Shall Not Pass".
0101 TIL that the dentist who pioneered the use of laughing gas became addicted to chloroform, threw sulfuric acid over two prostitutes, was sent to prison, and committed suicide with his shaving razor
NX7pN TIL that Lewis and Clark were accompanied on their famous Voyage of Discovery by a dog named Seaman
vPjGr TIL the Beechcraft KingAir outsold all of its competitors… combined.
p849N TIL That Afghan minister of defense chose a woodland camo for Afghan soldiers because he "liked what he saw". Jeopardizing the lives of many Afghan troops because their wrongly camouflaged. Note: Afghan is only 2.1% forests.