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TIL during World War II, Japan bombed China with fleas infected with Bubonic Plague

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rNMo TIL that the first male to win the tennis Career Golden Slam, Andre Agassi (winning all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic gold), is married to the first female tennis player, Steffi Graf, to do the same.
16GM7 TIL one bite of the beaked sea snake that is fully loaded has the ability to kill 52 men and only three drops of their toxic venom have the ability to kill eight people! Without treatment, the venom will kill a person within eight hours.
X0O6P TIL that male reindeer shed antlers before the winter, don't regrow them until spring(northern hemisphere), but female reindeer keep them during winter.
KD7a TIL that Iran has succeeded in sharply reducing its birth rate in recent years by emphasizing the benefits of smaller families and the use of contraception.
R7rb7 TIL a 2001 report by the Belgian government declassified plots by Belgium and the United States to assassinate the first president of the Congo, including a plan to poison his toothpaste which was ordered by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.