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TIL that, as of June 1 2012, The List of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd edition Monsters is the longest Wikipedia article ever.

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jNvKj TIL that the British invented the word “soccer” to differentiate between Rugby Football and Association Football. They then promptly forgot that they did this and have been blaming the Americans for a problem which they created ever since. (Classic England)
059M TIL that flight attendants are trained to look for signs of human trafficking and even volunteer to help law enforcement every year at one of the biggest events of human trafficking, the Superbowl.
rN0w TIL Mehmed II and his Ottoman army while on their way to attack Vlad The Impaler came across 20,000 impaled corpses, horrified they turned around.
vdBr TIL Canadian F-18s have a “false canopy” painted on the underside of the plane to confuse enemy pilots during dogfights.
4mrg TIL That the B-58 Hustler bomber did not have ejection seats, instead they had ejection capsules that would enclose the pilot into an egg-shaped capsule to allow a safer ejection at speeds up to Mach 2 and altitudes higher than 35,000 feet. Pilots with size 12 or higher shoes could lose their toes