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TIL that despite ancient Roman bridges being the first large and lasting bridges ever built, many are still used despite being around 2,000 years old.

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lo9l7 TIL about the WW2 battle between the destroyer USS Borie and U-405, in which the two ships collided and became locked together. The crews had to resort to fighting at close range, with small arms and anything they could get their hands on. One German sailor was even killed by a thrown sheath knife.
0dPNA TIL: UN Secretary General Waldheim told the UN Security Council that the 1976 Entebbe raid that rescued 100+ hostages was "a serious violation of the sovereignty of a Member State of the United Nations"
L81p TIL The film Predator was originally written in responese to Rocky movies after people joked he was running out of people to box and would have to fight an alien next
b9VjE TIL Caribbean sperm whales have a distinct culture. They are known to interact only with other whales with their own unique dialects and 'accents' which are variations of clicks unique to that area.
mxBOv TIL of the Martock fava bean. An essential component of the average medieval survival diet. This varierty can still be found for sale.