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TIL Greta Thunberg is 4'10'' tall

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gM5Pb TIL about the 1898 Siege of Baler. During the Philippine revolution a 50 soldiers detachment of the Spanish 2nd Expeditionary Battalion Cazadores managed to survive 337 days in a fortified church, while killing 700 Filipino Revolutionaries and suffering only 17 casualties mostly due to disease.
ZpV7R TIL About Hazel Scott, New York Jazz singer and barrier buster, child prodigy and superstar of the 30's and 40's, she fought against and prevented audience segregation, had her own TV show and major roles in Hollywood, but ran afoul of McCarthyism which effectively turfed her career.
GAM1N TIL that a BBC report found that 80% of personal loans taken out by UAE men were used for wedding expenses; as a result, many Emirati men opted to marry "less demanding" foreign women. In response, the government created a fund giving grooms money if the bride was Emirati.
WGEL TIL that, while mating, hermaphroditic (having both male and female sexual organs) species of flatworms engage in penis fencing, battling violently to decide which of the two will be the father. The winner stabs his penis into the loser to inseminate it.
R59nj TIL that everyday about 100 Americans lose their lives on the road