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TIL the Medal of Honor recipient and commander of the "Lost Battalion" in WW1, Charles W. Whittlesey, is thought to have committed suicide several years after the war.

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XEgbk TIL that fossils of sea creatures called Ammonites are considered holy symbols in the folk Hindu beliefs of India and Nepal. They and other marine fossils are found in the Himalayas, which were raised from the now-drained Tethys Sea. Climbers to Mt Everest have brought back fossils of Sea Lilies.
ANox TIL In the 1800s, feeding lobster to prisoners was considered “cruel and unusual punishment, like making people eat rats”.
0lpA TIL that the word “man” was originally gender neutral and “wer” and “wif” were used to describe males and females respectively. This is where the words like “wife” and “werewolf” are derived from.
78AKb TIL That there was a "professional, cuddler, kisser and hug enthusiast" called Anton Vasilov Tsvetkov, born in Bulgaria. He pioneered the field of "therapeutic touch" in Eastern Europe.
yVYJa TIL Bugs Bunny during World War II, was officially inducted into the marines, who discharged him after the war as a master sergeant.