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TIL that the military implemented the no facial hair rule during WWI to make sure gas masks fit air tight.

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4bkg TIL In 1854, cholera broke out in London. Using spot maps, it was shown that the majority of cases occurred where the water pump in Broad Street was closest. However, monks within that area didn’t get cholera. Investigation showed that this was because they only drank beer, not water.
mxwYv TIL the Karen conflict is one of the world's "longest running civil wars", so far lasting 71 years.
mxAop TIL -That before the Nazis did, a Finnish Count and pilot adopted the swastika as his personal emblem in 1918 which was also adopted by the Finnish Air Force, used until the end of WW II despite Finland fighting the Nazis.
N7eDN TIL that the phrase "I don't have a clue" was originally coined in 897AD to imply that one did 'not have a clew'(or a ball of string), something that was commonly used in complex mazes to prevent people from getting lost.
KYGDG TIL a man survived two separate bear attacks in one day, After the first attack, where he was bitten on the head and arms, he played dead to make the bear lose interest. Despite the ordeal, he walked three miles to his truck, only to be attacked again by the same bear and miraculously survived.