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TIL of British General Charles “No-flint” Grey. Grey defeated several American armies in stealth attacks, using his favoured tactic of having his men remove the flints from their muskets and attack enemies using their bayonets alone.

by whatilearned February 8, 2023, 10:19 am

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TIL that despite a large British advantage in numbers and experience, Americans defeated the British at New Orleans in 2 hours with a loss of 65 sailors, the British lost 2000.

by whatilearned January 25, 2023, 9:12 pm

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TIL that an 18th-century racehorse, who won over 30 races and defeated some of the greatest racehorses of his time, was called Potoooooooo or Pot-8-Os, because the stable boy did not understand how to write Potato, understanding that it’s Pot followed by eight O’s. The owner was amused and kept it.

by whatilearned January 19, 2023, 10:09 am

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TIL Zhang Zongchang, a Chinese warlord, had proclaimed that he would return only in a coffin if he was defeated in battle. When his forces were pushed back in a campaign, he was true to his word—he was paraded through the streets, sitting in his coffin and smoking a cigar

by whatilearned January 9, 2023, 1:12 pm

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TIL about the 1330 Battle of Posada, where Wallachians (southeastern Romanians) decisively defeated the Hungarians and were thus able to preserve their independence.

by whatilearned December 24, 2022, 5:32 am

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An army of 1,000,000 clones of you is unleashed on your country. How are they defeated?

by QuestionGuy December 23, 2022, 2:12 pm

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TIL in the Battle of Tannenberg during WW1 where the Russians were so thoroughly defeated by Germany that their commanding general Alexander Samsonov committed suicide in shame. Russia lost over 50,000 soldiers.

by whatilearned December 19, 2022, 5:43 am

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TIL that in 101 BCE Rome defeating invading Germanic and Celtic tribes. Later, some of the defeated warriors were among the rebelling gladiators in the Third Servile War, led by Spartacus

by whatilearned December 18, 2022, 10:53 pm

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TIL Khutulun, a descendant of Genghis Khan, refused to marry unless her suitor beat her in a wrestling match. Nobody ever defeated her.

by whatilearned November 26, 2022, 11:43 pm

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TIL In The 1930s, Baseball rivaled Soccer In England, attracting 10,000 spectators per game. In 1938, at the inaugural Baseball World Cup, Great Britain defeated the USA 4 games to 1. The outbreak of WWII interrupted the sports ascendancy, and it never recovered its prewar popularity.

by whatilearned November 26, 2022, 7:48 am

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You defeated me fair and square

by CopyPastaArchive November 13, 2022, 7:40 pm

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TIL of the Canadian commander Charles De Salaberry who defeated the American invasion of Montreal. Salaberry deployed marching buglers to play in all different directions, meaning his American opponents didn’t know how many men he had or what direction they were coming from.

by whatilearned November 13, 2022, 12:46 am

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