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TIL flaming pigs were used in ancient warfare as a countermeasure against war elephants.

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7rRr TIL the term “Webster’s” is in the public domain and many dictionary publishers use it only as a marketing tool
Krxa TIL Nguyen Ngoc Loan, the police chief who executed a suspected Viet Cong officer in the now world famous picture taken by Eddie Adams, moved to the US and opened a pizza restaurant in Washington D.C.
6j0W TIL California still has a large oil industry right in major cities like LA, but disguises the sites to look like office buildings.
Wk00X TIL: McDonalds brings the mcrib when pork prices are down on commodities markets
9Y9Z7 TIL that wine merchant Bill Sokolin accidentally broke a bottle of Thomas Jefferson's wine that was valued at $519,000.