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TIL Of Jack Tueller, a WWII soldier who was also a trumpet player and carried his instrument everywhere with him. He believes it saved his life from a German sniper in France. Figuring his enemy was just a scared kid like him, Jack played a love song before he set out. The sniper never fired.

b6GgZ TIL couscous is pasta. Not a grain or rice, it's pasta
OPLe TIL Costco hasn’t changed the price of a hot dog and soda combo ($1.50) in 22 years.
LQ709 TIL Georgian has a vigesimal (20-based) number system
BrLXL TIL there is an all-female species of lizard, called the desert grassland whiptail lizard, which reproduces asexually.
ape9 TIL Aaron Paul, Jesse from “Breaking Bad”, was once a contestant on “The Price is Right”.