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TIL The Ancient Roman legions issued dog tags to legionnaires like modern militaries do

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EgGEx TIL The Mongols employed a gruesome tactic during the siege of Caffa in Genoa. They hurled the bodies of their comrades, who had perished from the bubonic plague, over the city walls, infecting their enemies and marking one of the earliest instances of biological warfare.
mxjLy TIL Forty-three giant busts of U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.
l7YMB TIL During Prohibition in the United States, the U.S. government literally poisoned alcohol. When people continued to consume alcohol despite its banning, law officials got frustrated and decided to try a different kind of deterrent—death
yDbv TIL that in the early Roman Republic, when the lower class got fed up they all left the city until the upper class was willing to negotiate
lw9A TIL Poverty Kills More People Every Year Than Either Of the Top Killers – Heart Disease or Cancer