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TIL for the past 5 years in a row guns have been the leading cause of death amongst children 1 to 19 years old in the US

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oBNP8 TIL The meaning of the Military term Hooah is an acronym for HUA = Heard, Understood, Acknowledged
OWBe TIL of WW1 Casualty/Mercy dogs. Dogs trained to find wounded or dying soldiers on the battlefield that also carried medical supplies so an injured soldier could try to treat himself (whilst more gravely wounded soldiers would seek the company of a Mercy dog to wait with them whilst they died).
YpKQP TIL that the Chevalier d'Éon (French diplomat and spy) lived 49 years as a male and 33 as a female.
wL7yP TIL In 2015 Smashmouth performed at an event where they were pelted with slices of bread from free loaves being handed out by vendors. Their lead singer went on a 3+ minute, profanity-laced rant about how the event was supposed to be family friendly.
KYAkR TIL a policeman William Potts invented the first tri-colour, four-directional traffic signal in 1920 in Motor City (Detroit).