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TIL in Detroit in 2012 a gunfight broke out during an argument over who makes the best Kool-Aid.

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vPYBD TIL that in the 1970 film Waterloo, to recreate the battle sequences, production hired 17,000 members of the Soviet Army and trained them in 1815 battle formations.
8e49P TIL PFC Edward H. Ahrens engaged a group of Japanese troops in melee combat alone & was found mortally wounded the next day with 13 dead around him. Credited with killing at least 3, his last words to his CO were "The bastards tried to come over me last night, I guess they didnt know I was a Marine"
aV5o TIL That diamonds were not originally mined, They were actually found alongside or at the bottom of rivers in India.
W6lX TIL that both the United Kingdom and Canada have banned the Westboro Baptist Church from entering their countries.
arXL TIL in 1937, a natural gas leak at the local school in New London, Texas caused a massive explosion that killed more than 295 students and teachers, the deadliest school disaster in US history. Adolf Hitler even sent his condolences via telegram.