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TIL The setting for the Fallout series is based on a novel called “A Boy and His Dog”.

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Ypmev TIL of the 761st Tank battalion. Made up of almost completely African-American tankers, it was considered one of the best tank units of the war and held 1 Medal of Honor winner, 11 Silver Stars and 300 Purple Hearts.
l51G TIL there is a Lake Disappointment in Australia. It was named by an explorer who followed creeks to it hoping for a freshwater source, but found a saltwater lake instead.
b6PgZ TIL during the Renaissance, women used to use the juice of the berries of atropa belladona (deadly nightshade) in eyedrops to dilate the pupils and make the eyes appear more seductive.
7rdYZ TIL: The famous WWII Battle of the Bulge was so named because the German western front in Europe had a pronounced bulge (~70 x 50 miles) into Belgium. The Allies attacked the flanks of the bulge and eventually secured victory at a cost of more than 90,000 casualities
X0avE TIL: The poem, Catullus 16, written by Gaius Valerius Catullus in Ancient Rome went unpublished for centuries as it was extremely vulgar. The very first line "Pēdīcābo ego vōs et irrumābō " translates to "I will sodomize and facefuck you"