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TIL that one of the most successful military campaigns in the world was the Liechtenstein campaign during the Austro-Prussian war.The army did not kill anybody and the army that sent 80 men returned with 81 men.This was because they befriended a person from the other side during the war :)

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JWxQ TIL that when Nike was shooting their commercial in Kenya using Samburu tribesmen, one of them was supposed to say “Just do it” in native Maa, but instead he said, “I don’t want these. Give me big shoes.” Nike responded with: “we thought nobody in America would know what he said.”
9w0GQ TIL the Canadians once invented a flying saucer during the cold war
x6Pmg TIL (while attempting to find the correct plural of "platypus") the correct Latin plural of Octopus, Platypus, and Rhinoceros are Octopodes, Platypodes, and Rhinocerotes (3rd declension). In this short posted video, "Hippopotami", "Brontosauroi", and "Walrussen" are also discussed.
Lk50d TIL that the Soviet Union successfully landed 10 probes on the surface of Venus between the years 1961 and 1984. In spite of the short life spans of the Venera landers due to the extreme surface conditions, several of the landers were still successful in transmitting imagery from the surface.
8BNX TIL that Philippe Petit walked a tightrope between the World Towers for 45 minutes in 1974. He performed stunts and even lay down on the rope during this time. He was arrested afterward and, when asked why he did it, he said: “When I see three oranges, I juggle; when I see two towers, I walk.”