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TIL pubic lice are going extinct because their natural habitats are being destroyed

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MeYg7 TIL Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. was an American fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force and the first African American to reach the rank of four-star general. During the Vietnam War he served under Colonel Robin Olds and together they were known as "Blackman and Robin"
mVKy TIL that a retired police captain is the co-founder of a group to legalize drugs, and that he makes an ironclad case for it.
4X9n5 TIL Russia has it's own identical remake of Arnold Schwarzenegger's 'Commando' called 'D-Day'.
9O87 TIL that in 1977, a man attempted to commit suicide by jumping in front of the NYC subway. He survived but was injured, and then received $650,000 in a settlement because the subway operator had “not stopped fast enough”.
awrvo TIL about Yoshio Nakamura. An American Citizen of Japanese decent who was sent to an interment camp during WWII but enlisted in the army and fought in Italy to break the German line. He used his GI bill to earn a degree to become a teacher but school districts wouldn't hire him due to his heritage.