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TIL The British Army has almost twice as many horses as it does tanks.

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dkJQ TIL Hitler comedy “Heil Honey, I’m Home!” was a British sitcom featuring Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun and the Jewish couple next door. It was canceled after one episode.
x6kA7 TIL: There's a tree in South Africa called the Sunland Baobab that has a naturally formed hollow space inside large enough to contain a small pub, which can accommodate around 15 people
wLWrW TIL a 2015 study found that people were twice as likely to post a picture of a cat than a selfie online. There were more views per video of cats than of any other category of YouTube, & people didn't feel guilty about watching them instead of doing what they should've been doing
a8L7A TIL A duel was once fought in Paris where both men were suspended in the air by balloons, trying to shoot each other down.
OGooY TIL Edgar Whisenant, former NASA engineer, wrote a multi-million-copies-sold book about the Rapture happening in 1988. When it didn't, he wrote another one about it happening in 1989, then 1993, and finally in 1994. His predictions were unsuccessful.