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TIL that gladiators rarely fought to death. While around 1 in 10 did die during battle, most gladiators made money fighting - not killing other people.

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6w9X TIL breast milk contains substances which aren’t digestible by human infants, but which serve as food for desirable gut bacteria
VBG5Q TIL That the size of Mars is not even double the size of our Moon. Mars has a diameter of 6787km while the moon is 3476km
P1NvJ TIL Luftwaffe pilot Erich Hartmann was the most prolific flying ace ever, shooting down 352 Allied planes during WWII. He had to crash land 16 times due to equipment failure or shrapnel from his own kills, but never once because of enemy fire.
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xAw0 TIL that Henry Kissinger once said that “America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests”