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TIL The Trung Sisters were two Vietnamese female military leaders who led the first resistance movement against China, expelling them out of Vietnam.

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1aWpd TIL in 1938 when Neville Chamberlain returned from visiting Hitler promising "peace for our time", the crowd of 5,000 supporters at the airport were eclipsed by 15,000 protestors in the streets in London, but wasn't reported on due to Chamberlain's manipulation of the BBC.
AxGx TIL that Dwayne Johnson was expected to play Johnny Bravo in a proposed live action movie based on the character
Vnak TIL that in addition to numerous allegations of corruption, the current president of FIFA once headed an organization whose mission was to outlaw nylons so women would be forced to wear garters which he considered sexier
BrPlL TIL of Albert Pierrepoint, England's lead hangman from the 1940's-1950's. He executed many Nazi's and other high profile murderers. He owned a pub and usually was able to carry out an execution and still make it back to open his bar on time. He once had to hang one of his regular pub customers.
wLQEP TIL Silver foxes were selectively bred for domestication in the 1950's in order to study evolution. As with dogs, the ears started to droop as physical manifestation of docility, and some even started vocalizing barks as like dogs