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TIL that some Japanese breath mints contain caffeine

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pDlZ TIL During WWII, more people died manufacturing V-2 Rockets than were killed by its use.
1agv8 TIL of US Army master sergeant Roy Benavidez. During the Vietnam War, he fought 1000 NVA soldiers for 6 hours with only a knife while saving the lives of his comrades. He was so badly injured he was presumed dead and when a doctor was about to zip his body bag, he spat in the doctor's face.
GwL1 TIL Cherophobia is the belief that when one becomes happy, something bad will soon occur after feeling happiness.
0vrN TIL, in China, before it there was a vaccine, smallpox scabs were ground up and blown up the noses of healthy people in order to immunize them.