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TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte didn't really spoke french until he was around 10 years old.

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b6OyN TIL that during the Battle of Matilda in the War of 1812, a Canadian militia were ambushed by a much larger American militia. The Canadians who had half the number of men, nevertheless emerged victorious.
NAG1 TIL of an amateur bowler who almost killed himself trying to bowl the perfect match - 36 straight strikes. He grew increasingly dizzy and sweaty but got 35. In the final frame, he left the last pin standing. A doctor said he had bowled through a stroke and required heart surgery.
ERad TIL Researchers in Sweden developed a blood test that accurately detects cancer 96 percent of the time and classifies the type of cancer correctly 71 percent of the time.
E1wR7 TIL the first concentration camp in Nazi Germany was used for communists, socialists, and other political prisoners.
gMdwL TIL Adolf Hitler, JRR Tolkien, and Anne Frank's father all fought in the Battle of the Somme