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TIL Senator Mitch McConnell once filibustered his own bill because democrats agreed with it

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rRb4d TIL about the 'attack of the dead men' when Russian soldiers poisoned by German combat gases, attacked Germans stationed at Osowiec stronghold, effectively causing them to panic at the sight of 'dead men coughing blood' attacking, and causing them to flee.
MBba TIL in 1955, someone dropped a 600 year old plaster buddha statue, only to discover the plaster was actually covering a solid golden statue.
N7ZJ1 TIL The Phoenix Zoo and the Fauna and Flora Preservation Society of London (now Fauna and Flora International), with financial help from the World Wildlife Fund, are credited with saving the Arabian oryx from extinction.Starting with 9 animals and now estimated more than 8,000 Arabian oryx's.
8axAL TIL Teachers at a Florida elementary placed books inside the school vending machine. Students can buy books using tokens earned from doing good deeds or working hard in class
LknBQ TIL that on September 23, 2009, former prime minister of Libya Muammar Gaddafi attempted to abolish the nation of Switzerland, by proposing a division of the country between France, Italy, and Germany.