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TIL that the Anthropologist Ursula G. Bower (aka "Jungle Queen") led the Naga Headhunters into battle against the Imperial Japanese Army during WW2. Her weapons of choice were twin 9mm Sten SMGs. She was so effective, that the Japanese put a bounty on her. Nobody collected.

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loX9a TIL that the first reference to butter in our written history was found on a 4,500-year-old limestone tablet illustrating how butter was made. Also, the ancient Irish, Scots, Norsemen, and Finns loved and valued butter so much they were buried with barrels of it.
Bawb TIL the term bucket list is derived from the phrase kicking the bucket which is derived from the kicking of the bucket from under your feet as you hang yourself.
KOX6 TIL that Nicholas Cage and Gary Oldman were originally picked to play Harry and Lloyd in Dumb and Dumber.
gNQb TIL elephants are afraid of bees!
6EKO7 TIL the Titanic isn't the largest passenger ship wreck on the sea floor. Its sister ship, the Brittanic, sank in WWI during its service as a hospital ship, after hitting a sea mine near Greece. 1035 survived while 30 people died, most from a lifeboat hitting the ship's propeller.