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TIL as part of military training recruits are sprayed with pepper spray and then required to engage in combat. This is to familiarize them with the sensation and allow them to handle a real life situation

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wvm1 TIL that from the late 18th to mid-19th century, it was considered bad for women to read novels based on the belief that women were not “able to differentiate between fiction and life.”
Z8NMR TIL the united states staged a WWII campaign in Tokyo which involved firebombing highly populated areas in order to pressure Japan into surrender. The death toll was greater than that of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki. The attacks are considered the most deadly bombing attacks in history.
kJ6B4 TIL the West Shore Line railroad tracks go under a large portion of the US Military Academy at West Point, NY
P1EmJ TIL a 15-foot high wave of beer once swept through the London streets, killing 8 people.
KOrja TIL the small hole next to the camera on the back of a phone is for a microphone for when shooting video