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TIL there’s a Trogdor! boardgame!

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GrOJ TIL the irish Peter O'Connor at the flag-raising ceremony in the 1906 olympics, in protest at the flying of the Union Flag for his second place, scaled a flagpole in the middle of the field and waved the Irish flag, while the pole was guarded by Irish and American athletes and supporters.
JYYKm TIL that the Battle of Jemappes happened today: French army beats Holy Roman Empire
Y4DG TIL Apple is purposely slowing down your iphones with software upgrades designed to significantly slow down older models and force users to upgrade to new model. It’s a marketing practice called “planned obsolescence”.
WE8N TIL a man was hit by a Metro train going 70mph and his flying body parts injured a woman. She sued his estate on the theory that “"If you do something as stupid as this guy did, you have to be responsible for what comes from it”
AN6mn TIL George Washington is the only U.S. president elected as an independent to date. Washington opposed the development of political parties.