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TIL that the founder of Jimmy John’s is a big game trophy hunter

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neLB TIL that one of Australia’s most decorated snipers was initially barred from joining the Army during WW1 because of his race. He was only accepted after a recruitment officer reclassified him as “White.”
epjj6 TIL a former TX Justice of the Peace, Eric Williams is currently on death row, convicted in the 2013 deaths of the Kaufman County Criminal District Attorney and his wife. They were killed in a home invasion-type assault on their property. He was charged in a 3rd death of a criminal justice official
oxKo TIL In 1942 there was a man called the Phantom Barber, who would break into peoples houses in Mississippi at night and cut their hair.
R7aXQ TIL that although women weren't legally allowed to fight in the Civil War, it is estimated that somewhere around 400 women disguised themselves as men and fought
YpjJW TIL Hitler descendants live on Long Island (NY)