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TIL crocodiles are more closely related to birds than to other reptiles, and modern science classifies birds as a kind of reptile

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R7Q4j TIL about the "Pilgrim Army", a group of 15000 crusaders who were blown off course to the holy land and made to stop in Portugal where the King convinced them to help defeat the Moors in return for anything they could plunder, the majority elected to retire in Lisbon afterward.
5QJP TIL that Citizen once made a series of watches powered only by the temperature difference between the wearers skin and the ambient air.
wLrN6 TIL that during WW2 Japanese people were fully convinced that American soldiers were devils that 'devoured women and babies'; so they jumped off cliffs to kill themselves and avoid being captured.
LkNgp TIL of the wreck of the slave ship L'Utile which in 1761 crashed into Tromelin Island near Madagascar, an island without animals or trees. 60 Slaves were left behind. FIFTEEN YEARS later the survivors were rescued – seven women and an eight-month-old child.
eplA4 TIL there is a Colombian telenovela remake of Breaking Bad which is a complete recreation of all 5 seasons