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TIL there is a Rubiks Cube made for the blind

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b6Bra TIL of St Clair’s defeat in 1791, when Native Americans supplied with British made firearms, demolished a US military force and killed 656 soldiers, in what has been regarded as one of the worst ever defeats of the US military.
6EyZW TIL that some beaches in Hawaii are white due to fish poop.
a87eZ TIL Retention rates among students studying engineering are among the lowest of all majors
PY0Xe TIL During the Korean War, after failing to weaken the Chinese forces through attrition, the United States carried out the most concentrated bombing campaign in history which killed over 20% of North Korea's population and thoroughly wiped out "every city, down, village" in the country.
7rQMp TIL when Philip II of Macedon sent the Spartans a message saying "If I invade Laconia, I shall turn you out," the Spartans simply responded with "If."