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TIL that Saturn has a hexagon on it’s north pole.
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TIL that the globally accepted “pirate” voice, lexicon, and mannerisms are all based on the performance of Robert Newton as Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1950)
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TIL that when US forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001, American commandos rode horses into combat
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TIL that the Royal Air Force, in order to hide their success of identifying Luftwaffe bombers at night, made up a story about how carrots are good for eyesight. This was done so Germany wouldn’t know it was radar. A story told almost 80 years ago is why people still believe this myth today.
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TIL that Starbucks incurred massive losses and failed miserably trying to expand into Australia.
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TIL that after the Norman conquest, English nobility adopted the title Countess, but rejected "Count" in favor of keeping the term "Earl" because Count sounded too much like "cunt."