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TIL the first service animal training schools were established in Germany during World War I to enhance the mobility of returning veterans who were blinded in combat.

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rNwK4 TIL the Battle of Kansas was the nickname given to a project to build, modify, and deliver large quantities of the world's most advanced bomber the B-29 to the front-lines
QJw4L TIL about the Blair Mountain Revolt, the largest armed uprising in the US post-Civil War. Thousands of workers upset at company town policies and poor conditions in the mines staged a mass strike in West Virginia, leading to the President ordering the army and airforce in. 133 died, over 900 jailed.
gMo04 TIL During the Iraq-Iran war, Minister of Health Riyadh Hussein suggested Saddam step down temporarily. When no one else supported the idea, Saddam escorted Mr. Hussein to the next room, closed the door, shot him, then returned to the meeting. His widow received his dismembered corpse the next day.
dAl9 TIL Jean-Claude Van Damme’s first screen credit is listed as “Gay Karate Man”.
VVAp TIL that during the Falklands War, when the HMS Sheffield was sunk by Argentinian missiles, the crew members who made it into the water sang the song “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” from Monty Python’s Life of Brian while they waited for rescue.