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X9RE TIL when Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) was trapped in a coma, he was unresponsive until a doctor tried asking, “Can you hear me, Bugs?” Blanc responded weakly, “Myeeeeh. What’s up doc?”
9YpZD TIL of the Daisey Cutter, a bomb specifically designed to create helicopter landing pads in the thick jungle forests of Vietnam. The blast would level a 300+ ft circle while leaving the ground itself relatively unaffected.
awAmb TIL tea was so important to wartime Britain, that in 1942 the government attempted to purchase all the tea in the world
KOkZw TIL: Uncle Sam is the personification of the US Government, Columbia is the personification of the US People.
oB9aA TIL Every US military working dog is an NCO - in tradition at least. Some say the custom was to prevent handlers from mistreating their dogs; hence, a dog is always one rank higher than its handler.