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TIL about The battle of Saragarhi: When 21 Sikh soldiers of British Indian Army stood against 10,000 Afgan tribesmen

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E7bW TIL South Park creators Parker & Stone announced the start of their own indie studio by saying, “Having worked with several different studios over the years, we came to realize that our favorite people in the world are ourselves.”
WMV8 TIL that when oxygen first developed on Earth, it wiped out nearly ~99% of all life.
VERk TIL homosexual swans mate with a female, solely for the eggs. Once she lays the eggs, the male chases it away and hatches the eggs along with its gay partner.
OGPX1 TIL the East River that separates Manhattan from long island is not actually a river but rather a drowned valley.
ADRD7 TIL: Chase Bank and J.P. Morgan & Co helped Germany in WWII by allowing Nazi sympathizers to purchase Marks (known as Rückwanderer) with dollars to fund the war effort. The banks also turned over their client lists to the Nazis who in turn used it to recruit spies in the US.