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TIL in 2013, 235 Filipinos invaded Malaysia in and attempt to conquer North Borneo, without approval of the Philippine Government

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PD8E TIL: There is a 500-year-old Beer Purity Law still in effect today in Germany. It was decreed on April 23, 1516, by Munich’s Duke Wilhelm, protecting the country’s beer drinkers from contaminants, chemicals and any other additives that unsavory merchants might have thought of adding.
4yog TIL that while humans possess three types of color receptor cones in their eyes, a Mantis Shrimp carries sixteen color receptive cones giving them the ability to recognize colors that are unimaginable by other species.
moLO TIL Ted Nugent dodged the draft by pooping in his pants for a week
ewW5 TIL: Viggo Mortensen bonded with the horse he rode in Lord of the Rings so be bought it from the owner.
1V8O TIL that the planet Neptune was mathematically predicted before it was directly observed, based on the orbit of Uranus.