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TIL Prince Harry of Wales served in Afghanistan for ten weeks in 2007-08. Subsequently he was pulled out of the country after an Australian newspaper reported on his presence in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan.

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XE7YE TIL while the term "shrapnel" has been generalized to refer to any fragments of bullets, shell casings, and bombs, the term originally referred to a hollow cannonball filled with lead shot that burst in mid-air, invented by Henry Shrapnel in the 18th century
R5low TIL that the street address of Ms Kitty Dalton was published by a newspaper in a story about how she had turned down over 200 marriage proposals, writing "the belt of Miss Kitty Dalton hang the scalps of more than two hundred U.S. soldiers, sailors and marines"
JY4Jv TIL About the UNIVAC which was the world's first commercially available computer. It weighed 16000 pounds, used 5000 vacuum tubes, and could perform about 1000 calculations per second.
5VKJn TIL that the oldest person in the world is 116 years and 116 days old TODAY
e0EX4 TIL paisley is from Kashmir, the iconic red design was brought to Scotland from Turkey in 1758, George Washington owned one of the first modern bandanas, and women entering the workforce in WWII popularized them.