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TIL At the battle of Concord a 78 year old man took up arms against the British. He ambushed a regiment from a stone wall, killing a soldier. He drew his pistols killing two more. By the time he fired his third shot soldiers reached him. He was shot in the face & bayoneted. He made a full recovery.

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5YMJB TIL the worlds biggest airplane by wingspan is the Stratolaunch. The twin-fusalage aircraft with a wingspan of 385ft will serve as an airborne rocket launching pad capable of holding a 550,000 pound payload such as the Pegasus XL rocket and launch it into low earth orbit during flight.
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ReW8 TIL Subotai was the primary General of Genghis Khan during the Mongolian conquest of Asia. He directed more than twenty campaigns in which he conquered thirty-two nations and won sixty-five pitched battles, during which he conquered or overran more territory than any other commander in history.