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TIL that Deborah Sampson joined the US Army in 1782 serving as an Infantryman and being injured during her service.

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lolLA TIL Domino’s discontinued using the Noid as their mascot because a mentally ill man named Kenneth Lamar Noid thought the ads were a personal attack on him. In retaliation, he took two Domino’s employees hostage, demanded $100,000, a special-made pizza, and a salad. He later killed himself in 1995.
6opl TIL that Mr. T single-handedly chopped down 70 trees in under 4 hours while in the military
6wEX TIL There are parasitic wasps that produce viruses and inject the viruses into caterpillars along with their eggs. The viruses suppress the caterpillar immune system, protecting the wasp eggs.
XEwxE All contagious diseases are infectious, but not all infectious diseases are contagious. Contagious diseases are infectious diseases that are easily spread through contact with other people.
grPpX TIL that there was a Banquet of Chestnuts - Where the then Pope had a “banquet” with 50 “Courtesans”, then took the candles and put them on the ground and threw chestnuts on the ground and awarded prizes for best performance in picking up the chestnuts in creative ways.