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TIL that during the Mexican-American War, nearly 90 percent of US Army deaths were due to infectious diseases, the highest of any US conflict

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78pQP TIL that in 1689, in response to the English Glorious Revolution, New York experienced a period of revolutionary anti-Catholic turmoil
9wLbp TIL: Grimace has an Irish uncle named Uncle O’Grimacey.
7rwBX TIL Bear Grylls, at the age of 21, survived a fall of 16,000 feet after his parachute malfunctioned
9dB7 TIL that Target has a doppelganger in Australia called Target Australia. They have the same logo and sell the same merchandise as the American Target Corp yet they are entirely separate and unrelated companies.
yQnPX TIL that psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms, is found only in the mushroom’s cap and stem and not in its spores. Since most drug laws prohibit psilocybin rather than the mushroom itself, this loophole makes the sale and possession of the spores legal in many countries.