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TIL that "having the guts to fight" used to mean soldiers being diarrhea-free, and thus able to participate in battle

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B6nk TIL Starbucks spends more on health insurance for its employees than on coffee.
yVya TIL a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas…it sold for over $63,000
MejXB TIL that a MASSIVE solar storm just barely missed Earth in 2012. Power grids all over the world would have been catastrophically compromised & so would the lives of the entire population.
jmJX TIL the cheapest Michelin Star rated Restaurant in the world is the “HK Soya Sauce Chicken, Rice & Noodle” food stand in Singapore, a single meal will cost you just $1.50 (USD). It was also the first-ever street food stand to receive a Michelin Star.
DNMY TIL: The SR-71 Blackbird was sometimes used to fly over our enemy’s territory during ceremonies involving their heads of state to constantly “sonic-boom” them. This was to remind them they were doing things counter to U.S. Policies.