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J18gk TIL singer-songwriter James Blunt was a captain during and in the aftermath of the Kosovo War in 1999
gMPeL TIL McDonalds szechuan dipping sauce wasn’t szechuan at all, as the szechuan peppercorn was banned in the US at the time of the original promotion.
PYGXg TIL that the Ancient Egyptians had a solar calendar with 365 days, and was a basis on which the Julian calendar was established in Rome.
d8yGj TIL a fish called the Red Sea Moses sole secretes a substance that repels sharks by irritating their gills
yVlAp TIL that in Nov. 1989 a man "with bulging pants" was stopped by Baltimore police for "walking oddly". The perp was found to have 21 live homing pigeons stuffed in his trousers.