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TIL of William (Guillermo) Brown, an Irish-born Navy Admiral who founded the Argentinean Navy and helped in both Argentinean and Uruguayan independance wars.

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epB6J TIL Butterflies feed on Dead Animals, Garbage & Blood To Survive.
JYg1v TIL in 1977, Argentina flew a pregnant woman to their military base in Antarctica so she could have first baby to ever be born on the continent. In doing so, the Argentine government believed this would give them an undisputable claim on the land, but the claim is not recognized internationally.
e04VE TIL about grain entrapment where farmers get engulfed in grain in silos and quite often die.
P9wO TIL King George II of Great Britain was the last British monarch to personally lead his troops into battle
Lkle9 TIL That Pluto was discovered in 1930 by a 23 year old farm boy with no degree in astronomy. He spent a year comparing photographs, looking for a star that changed positions in the sky. He would later teach at New Mexico State.