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TIL gorillas only have type B blood.

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605Z TIL despite the Russian fleet signalling surrender in the Battle of Tsushima, the Japanese navy didn’t get the message and continued firing because they did not have surrender in their codebooks.
MeRQV TIL that before Zachary Taylor coined the term "First Lady", the President of the United States's wife was commonly referred to as the "Presidentress"
m1m0R TIL About John Weir Foote a Canadian Army Chaplain from World War II who became the only Canadian Chaplain to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Dieppe Raid. Among his actions were loading wounded onto evacuating craft and staying behind to aid those who could not be moved.