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TIL that the Jack in Monterey Jack cheese was a salesman of cheese made by monks in Monterey

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KeZE TIL that penny dreadfuls, pulp novels from the 1800s, were once blamed for the criminal behavior of young men in the same way that video games are blamed today.
x4Nb TIL Alexander Bell never called his wife or his mother after inventing the telephone because they were both deaf
ladB TIL that when hermit crabs encounter a new shell that is too big for them, they will wait around to see if another crab shows up to take it. They form groups of up to 20, holding onto each other in order from largest to smallest, each waiting to get into a larger shell that fits them.
VMRa8 TIL, Nadezhda Durova (1783-1866), daughter of a Russian Army Officer, disguised herself as a man, serving in a Cavalry Regiment during the Napoleonic Wars. She was the first recorded Female Officer in the Russian army, and was awarded the Cross of St George for bravery under fire.
WkgB TIL World War III could have started on 1 July 1945 with a sudden attack against the allied Soviet troops according to a plan ordered by Winston Churchill.It was rejected later considering it was militarily unfeasible.