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TIL of Deborah Sampson who disguised herself as a man to fight in the U.S. Revolutionary War, served in an elite Light Infantry unit and was wounded in battle. After her secret was discovered, she was honorably discharged, but had to fight to receive her veteran’s pension.

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pJY8 TIL If all 600 muscles in your body pulled in one direction, you could lift 25 tons.
w7gP TIL that in early feudal Japan there was a class of female Samurai called Onna-Bugeisha who commonly engaged in battle alongside the men and were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war.
A48g TIL instead of making a film about Iraq or Darfur, Stallone made Rambo 4 (2008) about “lesser-known” Myanmar military atrocities
ZWb4 TIL that there is a disease that takes away your ability to sleep. You sink into horrible psychosis and inevitably die over the course of a few months. There is no cure; there are no viable treatments.
OoNO1 TIL a mom woke up after a 27 year coma, and her first word was her son’s name