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TIL The Mongol Empire was one of the first to use biological warfare by catapulting diseased cadavers over the walls into their enemy’s city.

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16VYr TIL that in the year 301, a stonemason was falsely accused of being a woman’s estranged husband. He allegedly fled up a mountain, built a monastery, and lived as a hermit. The isolated mountain community has been self-governing ever since, and is now the modern nation of San Marino.
9Pw7 TIL Bruce Willis expressed interest in the role of Boromir and Nicolas Cage received an offer to play Aragorn for the Lord of the Rings trilogy
JmbQ TIL The Popeyes fast food chain got it’s name from the main character in a crime thriller played by Gene Hackman not from the cartoon character
ne9eo TIL not only there was a 'Rat Pack' and a 'Brat Pack' but there was also a 'Black Pack' that was founded by Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall and featured Robert Townsend, Arsenio Hall, Paul Mooney and Keenen Ivory Wayans. The only white member was Pee-Wee Herman.
J9L8 TIL when the creators of the TV show Sledge Hammer! learned it would be cancelled, they had the main character fail to disarm a nuclear warhead, destroying San Francisco. The episode got such good ratings that ABC renewed it, so the second season had to be a prequel since the entire cast was dead.