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TIL that the term "chain gun" is a registered trademark

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0deBv TIL Canadian soldier Léo Major single-handedly captured 93 German soldiers during World War II
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1GLP TIL there is a Cornwall Independence movement, complete with it’s own “terrorist” group.
oBNdr TIL the man who pioneered the use of anesthesia in dentistry, Horace Wells, committed suicide in prison 3 days after throwing sulfuric acid at two prostitutes while under the influence of chloroform.
X0jP6 TIL The US Government Secretly Contaminated U.S. Cities in the 1950s-1960s