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TIL that Brazil was the only South American country to send troops abroad during World War II

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P18XE TIL that during the Battle of Stamford Bridge, a Viking axeman captured a bridge by himself and cut down 40 of the enemy, until one of them floated in a barrel underneath and killed the Viking with a spear.
41Qw TIL in 1916, a town in Tennessee hanged an elephant by its neck after it killed a trainer during a parade
YrVB TIL that in WWII a three man group of American soldiers secured the surrender of an entire German Panzer Corps composed of 15,000 soldiers.
e0V5k TIL that there was a rumor that Stephen Hawking would deliberately run over the toes of people he didn’t like. He denied this rumor by stating it was “A Malicious rumor” and “I’ll run over anyone who repeats it”.
logAa TIL that Hawaii was previously a internationally recognized kingdom, but was overthrown in 1893 by mostly foreign insurgents. The islands were eventually annexed by the USA.