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TIL that the San Marino military maintains a crossbow corps

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4o5b TIL that up to 20% of nasal tissue, or 50% of the gut is neither: bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. Meaning that it comprised of a 4th, unknown type of living organism.
Ydov TIL the first African-American female serial killer was Clementine Barnabet. In 1909-1912 she invaded homes in Texas and Louisiana and killed entire families with an axe. The bodies were then arranged as part of a “Voodoo” ritual connected to her mysterious evangelical church.
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