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TIL that romans didnt have any word to define skin color

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LQj6r TIL high testosterone can result in a weakened immune system. This is why men usually are hit harder by colds than women
x6keB TIL that cranberry bogs (where your cranberries come from) are filled with wolf spiders 😰
kOQnE TIL In the 1700's the Mysore Army was using rocket artillery. The weapon was for long distance and against masses of soldiers throughout the Anglo-Mysore Wars. The First Duke of Wellington personally experienced the weapons and the English would adapt them for fighting in the Napoleonic Wars.
6njJ TIL - Ireland was one of the earliest countries to adopt a system of hereditary surnames (11th century)
gwvD TIL of Mariya Oktyabrskaya, who’s husband died in WW2 so she sold all of her belongings and built a tank “The Angry Girlfriend” for revenge. She became the first female tanker to ever win the Hero of the Soviet Union award