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TIL Japan is Experiencing a Ninja Shortage as Martial Arts Groups Struggle to Find Qualified Ninjas to Fill Tourist Demand for “Ninja Shows”

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ELN7 TIL Roman Emperor Caligula once ordered his guards to throw an entire section of the audience into an arena during the intermission to be eaten by the wild beasts because there were no prisoners to be used and he was bored.
7k6M TIL G.I. stood for General Issue, or Government Issue, and that soldiers sardonically referred to themselves as “G.I.” = “General Issue” items, all equally as disposable as helmets, boots, tents, canteens, rifles, jeeps, trucks, tanks, and combat aircraft.
pOme TIL in 1986 The U.S. was condemned by the World Court for using Violence and Terrorism against civilians in Nicaragua.
awQv9 TIL: People with the sickle cell mutation have crescent (sickle) shaped blood cells that provide resistance against malaria.
4kdGo TIL the only US Presidents who are alive are those born in hospitals; all who were not have passed away.