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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.

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Br4mD TIL the movie "Deep Throat" was made for $47,500, but made at least $30 million, and according to some estimates, it might have brought in as much as $600 million of earnings.
LQxMV Today I learned that the lyrics of "baby owl" are actually the lyrics of "baby i'll rule"
P1kyJ TIL that the banana slug is the official "state slug" of California
RdN7 TIL the farthest distance into space humans have traveled was reached during the Apollo 13 emergency.
Yvrv TIL that in some countries like Germany or Austria escaping from jail or prison is not punishable if you do not break any other laws because it is human nature to want to escape.