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TIL that Bella and Edward’s relationship in the Twilight series meets all fifteen criteria set by the National Domestic Violence Hotline for being in an abusive relationship.

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epeaE TIL that a Chalupa is a shallow boat, not just a tasty fast food taco/burrito snack.
AbWo TIL in WW2 that Raymond Collishaw, leading pilots who were outnumbered and outgunned, flew their only Hawker Hurricane from base to base and on as many missions as possible to make the Italians believe that they had many. The plan worked as the Italians spread their resources out thinly.
oBp48 Til that if adjusted for inflation,The Birth of a Nation(1915) is the first ever film to gross a over a billion dollars,at 1.8 billion dollars gross(in modern money),making it the forth highest grossing film ever.
l7Xk5 TIL Tulips were once more valuable than gold.
ZpDKp TIL France sent huge numbers of convicts to French Guinea until 1938, where 75-95% eventually died