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TIL that in WW1 unarmed Scottish bagpipers would accompany battalions charging at the German trenches

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yVvXl TIL of the 1840 book, "Two Years Before the Mast". Written as a memoir documenting a sailing voyage from Boston to California, it not only influenced how sailors were seen and treated, as well as being a prospector's guide to California, but also influenced Herman Melville's writings as well.
BElr TIL Cats have a very small prefrontal cortex, making them rather impulsive creatures.
4LxN TIL that since 2000, the teen pregnancy rate in the US has declined in every racial group
mxDvo TIL the Washington Redskins logo was designed by a Native American and approved by tribal leaders. Most Native Americans are honored by the name, not offended
rNkYM TIL Nancy Kulp (Ms Hathaway on "The Beverly Hillbillies") ran for Congress in 1984 to represent PA-09. Buddy Ebsen, who played Jed Clampett, recorded an attack ad against her for being too liberal, leading to a rift that only ended years later when Kulp was dying from cancer.