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TIL that even aborigines who are "vaguely familiar with the underlying real animals" often confuse the whale, mammoth, and unicorn

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nxZd TIL the first recorded incident of mooning was in 66 CE, where a Roman soldier mooned Jewish pilgrims, which lead to a riot and the death of thousands of pilgrims
m1NXE TIL from 1948 to 1952, future West German Chancellor Willy Brandt was a paid informant on the U.S. Counterintelligence Corps, providing reports on the situation in East Germany.
OGPEe TIL in the Battle of the Big Hole, Montana in 1877, Nez Perce Indians captured a howitzer from the United States Army, but dismantled it
8ad0X TIL about Dylan Maxwell, an Australian man that had a spider removed from his stomach after it burrowed its way into his body and survived for three days before being removed.
l7OgA TIL about "call of the void" The feeling — which tends to be brief, entirely out of character and often involves thoughts of leaping from a high place or driving headfirst into an oncoming vehicle