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TIL that the term ‘sniper’ came from a so called 'sharpshooter’ hunting and shooting the little, sneaky, elusive bird called the 'snipe’, Thus calling themselves 'Snipers’.

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JyZV TIL in 19th Century France the skeleton of a 3.5M (11'6") tall neolithic human was discovered and scientifically examined
awZlA At least half of the oxygen produced on Earth comes from the ocean, mostly from tiny photosynthesizing plankton. But marine life also uses roughly the same amount of oxygen to breathe, for cellular respiration, and in the decomposition process.
6B4W TIL Greenland has to import Christmas trees because they cannot grow that far north
rNR1o TIL Pastor Kenneth "Ken" Copeland was a Rockabilly Singer in the 50's
jNgPv TIL that the CIA funded Various African Civil Society Organizations (Such as the American Society of African Culture) to counter communism within the African Diaspora.