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TIL that the French military actually has the best military record in the world having won 723 of the 1211 battles they fought in the last 800 years

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x640 Today I learned that there were plans to send Big Bird into space- aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. Ultimately the muppet was too large, and the educator slot was filled by Christa McAuliffe.
MKVm TIL that the Dothraki and Valyrian languages in A Game of Thrones are heard by more people than Welsh, Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic combined.
E1Ewp Til During the 'Well of Souls' scene in Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark most of the Cobras were Legless Lizards.
woPK6 TIL that one of the most infamous Goya's Black Paintings titled "The Dog" is theorized to actually depicts a dog drowning. Apparently it was done when Goya was in his 70's when he was in mental and physical distress. It is thought that this painting portrays the idea of inevitability of death.
6EXm TIL that termites will follow the ink from most ball point pens because it replicates a pheromone that they secrete in order to get back to their nest.