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TIL that the youngest drill sergeant in the history of the United States Marine Corps was Donald Dunagan, the voice of Bambi.

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6EkQJ TIL that a lost wallet led to the 5th Dimension recording “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In.”After one of the group’s members left his wallet in a taxi, a producer of “Hair” found it and invited the singers to the Broadway show, inspiring them to record what became one of 1969’s biggest hits.
jNrRp TIL Scipio Africanus, the Roman general who defeated Hannibal, was plagued by corruption accusations from his peers after the war. After his death he was buried away from Rome with the inscription "Thankless country, thou shalt not possess even my bones" on his tomb
R5N11 TIL Flowering plants first appeared 15 million years after the Jurassic period ended
ne7Yd TIL Harrison Ford made $10,000 for A New Hope and $20,000,000 for The Force Awakens
6EBKY TIL about the origin of the term “decimation”. It was a punishment in the Roman Army where soldiers were spilt into groups of 10, straws were drawn and whoever drew the short straw was clubbed, stabbed or stoned to death by the remaining 9. The first recorded instance of this is from 478 BC.