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TIL that truck driver is the most common job in 29 out of 50 states

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PMpJ TIL that on the Eastern front of WW2, Russian troops paraded naked women through the forest as psyops. When the Germans bunched up to check out the women with binoculars, they were hit by Russian artillery.
yQA48 TIL having a good cry really is good for you. The tears you shed when you cry contain stress hormones, and crying itself may actually stimulate the production of endorphins—the body's natural painkiller—as well as feel-good hormones such as oxytocin.
a8vQZ TIL that Lesotho, African enclave, has an area around the same size as Belgium
aoAZ TIL Black Beauty wasn’t written for children; it was an appeal to the public to stop abusive practices like the use of the checkreins and overworking horses.
KOGm6 TIL After the sack of Baghdad, the Caliph was surrendered to the Mongols on the belief that their practices prevented them from shedding the blood of a man of such a high royal and religious status. Sure enough, the Mongols kept to their custom by wrapping him in a rug and trampling him to death