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TIL about onna-musha, japanese female noble warriors. Dozens of famous ones are known by name, many of which led their own units or even armies. Battlefield excavations have shown that in some battles in the 16th century as many as 30% of the combattants were likely women.

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d89Rj TIL that in 2018, a man ruptured his throat by trying to trap a high-force sneeze. With nowhere to escape, the pressure ripped through the soft tissue in his neck. Trapping a sneeze could also damage the ears or even rupture a brain aneurysm.
7r10O TIL: The Central American/Southern Mexican Chechen tree, which produces very poisonous sap, grows next to the Chacan tree, which produces an antidote sap that remedies its counterpart.
WALB TIL that ‘art’ used to be an Olympic sport. Artists were award gold, silver and bronze medals for architecture, painting, sculpture, music and literature across multiple Summer Olympics in the early 20th Century. The 'arts’ were dropped from the Games because they drew too many professional artists.
xVVnw TIL that Chik-Fil-A uses peanut oil to cook their food as a healthy alternative to regular oil, but those with peanut allergies can still eat their food.
99xD TIL that in a 2011 Census, more people put “Heavy Metal” as a religion than “Scientology” in England and Wales