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TIL that George Washington lost as many battles as he won, but was the master of the Tactical Retreat, and accepted tactical defeats while working towards the strategic victory of defeat of the British Armies in the Thirteen Colonies.

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VBQDm TIL on 9/11, the famous ice skating rink at Chelsea Piers in NYC was turned into a makeshift morgue
wLW4E TIL At the battle of Concord a 78 year old man took up arms against the British. He ambushed a regiment from a stone wall, killing a soldier. He drew his pistols killing two more. By the time he fired his third shot soldiers reached him. He was shot in the face & bayoneted. He made a full recovery.
xVPlb TIL that in 2007, Ohio proposed issuing specially marked license plates to sex offenders, similar to those already used for DUI offenders.
Xydr TIL that the Egyptians were the only ancient culture to recognize blue as being distinct from green. Today, certain tribes, such as the Himba people in Namibia, cannot make the distinction.
xWb7 TIL that on the same day James Van Allen announced his discovery of the “Van Allen” radiation belt, he agreed to help the US military nuke it to see what happened. It was described by historian James Fleming as the first time “someone discovered something and immediately decided to blow it up”.