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TIL In the 1940’s, the Japanese army designed specialized bombs full of live mice, specifically to infect Chinese and Korean civilians with the Plague (which has a 70% mortality rate without immediate treatment).

by whatilearned September 5, 2022, 6:31 pm

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I once got caught having sex in the army

by cringeyjokesman September 5, 2022, 12:49 pm

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TIL that in his first few appearances, Beetle Bailey was a college student rather than a private, but the strip wasn’t successful, so its author had Beetle enlist in the Army shortly after, where he has remained ever since.

by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 10:57 pm

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TIL Tonic water was created as an early prophylactic treatment against Malaria (due to the added Quinine) by the British army. They added Gin to improve taste and now we have the G&T.

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 4:28 pm

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TIL that during the Mexican-American War, nearly 90 percent of US Army deaths were due to infectious diseases, the highest of any US conflict

by whatilearned August 31, 2022, 7:44 pm

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Trying to find out what the lowest rank in the army is…

by cringeyjokesman August 31, 2022, 9:11 am

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TIL when Britain entered WWI, J. R. R. Tolkien’s relatives were shocked that he didn’t volunteer for the British Army, which was expected of young men at the time. He later recalled, “It was a nasty cleft to be in for a young man with too much imagination and little physical courage.”

by whatilearned August 29, 2022, 9:29 pm

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Today I learned that Donald Duck was legally drafted into and discharged from the US Army during WWII

by whatilearned August 29, 2022, 12:18 am

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TIL about Operation Wandering Soul where the US army played ghostly soundtracks with big speakers pointed towards the Vietcong to try to make them believe that it was the ghosts of dead Vietcong trying to tell them to stop fighting.

by whatilearned August 25, 2022, 8:12 pm

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TIL about Lauri Törni, who served in the Finnish Army, Waffen SS, and US Army. He is the only member of the Waffen-SS buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

by whatilearned August 24, 2022, 4:38 pm

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A young man joins the army.

by cringeyjokesman August 19, 2022, 10:42 pm

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TIL The Salvation Army was originally opposed by and fought with The Skeleton Army which was composed of lower and working class citizens, punks and miscreants who objected to the SA’s views on abstinence and temperence.

by whatilearned August 19, 2022, 10:04 pm

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