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TIL that almond milk has been consumed and used as an ingredient in food since medieval times.

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lja1 TIL the average infantryman in the South Pacific during World War II saw about 40 days of combat in four years. The average infantryman in Vietnam saw about 240 days of combat in one year
j6emE TIL of British boxer Terry Downes who defeated the legendary “Sugar Ray” Robinson and quipped about the ageing Robinson, “I didn’t beat Sugar Ray, I beat his ghost.”
nZL9 TIL the Queen of the UK is the legal owner of one-sixth of the Earth’s land surface.
R5eLj TIL in 2009, Swiss special forces planned to rescue two hostages held by Gaddafi. Ideas included exfil by car, boat, or submarine. The mission was aborted for legal and diplomatic reasons.
GmvJ TIL Despite his legend as a vicious killer, the pirate “Blackbeard” was very kind to women, fell in love easily, and may have had as many as 14 wives.