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TIL the only reason a Scottish bagpiper wasn’t shot by German snipers on D-Day was that they believed he had gone crazy.

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jN5aR TIL of Santino Ferrucci, a Formula 2 driver who forced his teammate off the track, deliberately drove into him and drove while holding his phone in one hand, all in a single Championship Sprint Race.
aworM TIL about the Battle of Jumonville Glen, in which a young George Washington ambushed a French Canadian outpost. This became the opening battle of the French and Indian War.
b017 TIL: On average, Starbucks has opened 2 new stores every day since 1987.
GlrJ TIL aside from his success as an adult film actor, Ron Jeremy has a master’s degree in special education from Queens College in New York, taught special-education classes in the New York City area and was a substitute teacher for regular classes.
VMaV8 TIL industrialist Henry Clay Frick feuded with Andrew Carnegie after they split as business partners. He even built his skyscraper, the Frick Building, directly adjacent to one of his buildings to keep it constantly in the shadows.