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TIL that “wildebeesties” is an acceptable plural form of “wildebeest”

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4Xvrb TIL that on the 22nd of August 1914, 27,000 Frenchmen lost their lives attacking the Germans. It is the bloodiest day in French history.
QJQo6 TIL 44 year old Leonardo DiCaprio has known his current girlfriend, 21 year old Camila Morrone, since she was 11 years old.
KY0mG TIL I learned that “ginseng poaching” is both a family tradition and common crime in the Smoky Mountains with prominent bandits sporting names like “Billy Joe Hurley”
OPRR TIL Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the United Kingdom all give out free heroin to addicts who didn’t respond well to other treatments.