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GA4BE TIL that Sergeant Stubby, a stray dog found by U.S. soldiers in WWI, became the most decorated war dog of the war. He warned troops of gas attacks, found wounded soldiers, and even captured a German spy. He was promoted to sergeant and later met three U.S. presidents
jNnAn TIL around 140000 men were convicted under Paragraph 175, a law in German Criminal Code penalising homosexuality that lasted from 1871 to... 1994. Also, "criminals" that were in Nazi camps due to their homosexuality, weren't released from camps after liberation and their "sentence" were still valid.
5Y7o9 TIL The word “sinister” is a word English took from Latin meaning “left handed”
Vgap TIL: A tiger’s roar has a frequency that is silent to human ears but can paralyze its prey because it is so low and loud.
XE7YE TIL while the term "shrapnel" has been generalized to refer to any fragments of bullets, shell casings, and bombs, the term originally referred to a hollow cannonball filled with lead shot that burst in mid-air, invented by Henry Shrapnel in the 18th century