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TIL that owls and crows hate each other and will hunt and attack each other on sight

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RaL1 TIL that the resistance of the wealthy to paying taxes was one of the factors contributing to the collapse of the Roman Empire.
mx0O TIL an Indian soldier, after being shot in the groin and shoulder, finished climbing an ice cliff, took out a bunker with a grenade, then another 4 enemies with his bare hands.
QN0be TIL the 1985 James Bond film A View To A Kill is regarded as the first-time snowboarding appeared in a mainstream film and is credited with helping to popularise the then-young sport.
dD0g8 TIL about the Pan American highway system that connects Alaska to Argentina. There is a break called the Darien Gap which requires a 4 day hike to cross the rainiest place on earth… about 100km. It is the longest road in the world.
ADYxo TIL McDonald’s lost millions in a 1984 Olympics promotional giveaway when Soviet nations boycotted the Olympics and the US dominated the events.