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TIL Laser Tag was actually military combat training before it was commercial recreation

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Ywed TIL a domestic sheep’s wool will just keep growing and growing forever, if humans don’t cut it off
Zpp7G TIL Described as the first iced coffee, the Mazagran was named for the beverage that French colonial troops consumed during the 1840 siege of the Mazagran fortress in Algeria. Troops prepared the coffee syrup with water in the absence of milk or brandy and drank it cold to counter the heat.
PDen TIL people who frequently take naps tend to die younger than those who don’t, and scientists don’t know why.
nRNB TIL Whoopi Goldberg’s first name came from a whoopee cushion because she farted so much.
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