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TIL it’s Maryland’s 225th birthday. Happy Birthday Maryland!

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XAd8 TIL that in 2008 in Afghanistan, a British Marine threw his back on a grenade and lived, and also saved lives of his patrol. His rucksack took the impact, and he was awarded with the Victoria Cross, the highest British military honor. He only suffered a nosebleed and a shock in the aftermath.
vevK TIL that Al Qaeda has a strategy planned out all the way to 2020, from angering the U.S., and having a war of attrition, to committing them to debt. Everything is going as they planned.
ZAeG TIL Adolf Hilter invented the concept of blow up sex dolls in order to combat siphilis and homosexual activities between his soldiers.
YmyW TIL that the Aztecs fought with a “Macuahuitl” - a wooden sword embedded with prismatic blades made from obsidian, a volcanic glass stone. According to reports from Spanish conquistadors, it was sharp enough to decapitate a man and even a horse.
rjrW TIL that over 100 million Sharks per year are killed to fuel the shark fin industry. This has caused the populations to drop 60-90% over the last 15 years.