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TIL that Mongols under the rule of Genghis Khan pulled the bowstrings of their bows back with their thumb instead of using a “Mediterranean draw” with three fingers, so to protect their thumbs, the Mongols invented a “thumb ring”

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KYQa4 TIL that the Shortest Reigning Head of State was Louis Antoine of France, who "Ruled" for 20 Minutes on 2 August 1830 as His Father Abdicated but Louis Antoine Refused To Sign the Abdication Document. This, however, is Disputed by some Historians who Claim it's "Too Short to Count".
jKdQ TIL: The Soviet Union held it’s own version of the Olympic Games in which anyone could participate. The number of participants one year reached 90 million people.
E1lGd TIL the Veery, a small bird in the Thrush family, is better at predicting upcoming Atlantic hurricane seasons than our best meteorological models.
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