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Til the Sasanian Persians gassed Roman soldiers with sulfur dioxide during the Siege of Dura Europos. One of the earliest examples of chemical warfare

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8aM7P TIL that Captain Oates an Antarctic explorer died during the Terra Nova Expedition. Oates struggling with the journey back walked from his tent into a blizzard. He committed suicide in an act of self-sacrifice when his ill health was compromising his three companions' chances of survival.
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