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TIL Left handed soldiers prepare and throw grenades upside down because of safety pin removal

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gjpb TIL People blew up schools and planned to blow up school buses with kids in them over textbooks they didn’t agree with in West Virginia
dDkjd TIL that the Romani people originated in the region of present-day Rajasthan, India. Their patron saint Saint Sarah is AKA Sara-la-Kali, "Kali" being a reference to the Hindu goddess Kali who is a popular goddess in northern India.
pYGMZ TIL that in 2010 Tennessee firefighters watched a family's home burn to the ground because they hadn't paid a 75$ firefighting subscription fee
70aP TIL that a cat named Simon served on a Royal Navy ship in 1949, and received a medal for raising morale, killing off a rat infestation and surviving cannon shells during his service. Hundreds attended his funeral when he died from infected wounds.
nePxd TIL the mens' Olympic Javelin was modified in 1986 to reduce throwing distances. The longest throws were beginning to exceed the length of the field and were a danger to people in the stands. The new javelins only fly 90% as far as the previous design and all pre-1986 records have been nullified.