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TIL the US had nuclear-armed suicide commandos called Green Light Teams

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nlN9 TIL in 1944 by a huge coincidence ,a crossword puzzle was printed with answers all containing D-Day operation “code names”, which sent MI-5 into a panic thinking their invasion plans had been discovered.
wooN7 TIL that if a juror believes the law is unjust, they have to right to find a defendant "Not Guilty" regardless of the evidence.
w8l7 TIL that in 19th Century carnivals in USA, cigars were given as prizes. People who lost at a particular sideshow were told; “close, but no cigar”.
Y7ewA TIL that castrated men do not go bald. Balding is caused by sex hormones which castrated men do not produce.
R7JN6 TIL about the Southern Bread Riots. Mostly women, protesting huge surges in food costs during the Civil War, rioted in Richmond, VA with chants of "bread or blood!" Food prices had soared to prices ten times higher than normal in many instances. Among the items stolen was 500 lbs of bacon.