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TIL that the largest bioterrorist attack on U.S. soil (1984) was committed by the Rajneeshee cult, who contaminated ten Taco Time salad bars in Oregon so they could incapacitate voters and win local elections.

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YpKN7 TIL that Antonio López de Santa Anna, the famous Mexican general of the 1800s, also served as president of Mexico on 12 separate occasions over 22 years, and for 3 different governments.
gM4D TIL California makes the same amount of money as Italy every year, and that Texas makes as much as Russia.
m4lx TIL That Oda Nobunaga was so disrespectful at his own father’s funeral that one of his mentors committed seppuku
Zp9lv TIL about Demodex, or eyelash mites. They are too small to see with the naked eye, and feed off of the dead skin cells of humans. Almost every adult human alive has an eyelash mite population living on their face.
e00a5 TIL of Sgt. Stubby, a stray mutt who went on to fight in the trenches in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and once caught a German soldier by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American soldiers found him.