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• [Military fact 1]  The United States Air Force has a Pipe Band that was formed in 1950 from bagpipe players of Irish and Scottish ancestry exclusively. The Band played at President Kennedy's funeral.

  Disaster, Military, Technology source

• [Military fact 2]  James Hard was a US Civil War veteran who died at 111 years old, living long enough to see both World War 1 and World War 2. He saw the world going from using rows of musket fire to nuclear arms within his lifetime.

  Military, Weapons source

• [Military fact 3]  M&Ms were invented in 1941 as a means for soldiers to enjoy chocolate without it melting. During the war, the candy was sold exclusively to the military.

  Food, Military source

• [Military fact 4]  The Sacred Band of Thebes was a troop of select soldiers, consisting of 150 pairs of male couples which formed the elite force of the Theban army in the 4th century B.C. They were responsible for the defeat of the Spartans at the decisive Battle of Leuctra in 371 B.C.

  History, Military source

• [Military fact 5]  A Russian MIG Pilot named Viktor Belenko defected during the cold war along with his aircraft. When he arrived in the USA he was convinced the CIA had specially stocked the grocery stores he went to because he couldn't believe the vast array of products for sale.

  Food, Military, People, Places, Transport, War source

• [Military fact 6]  On 8 September 2009, Marine Sergeant Dakota Meyer disobeyed a direct order from a superior to pull back from his position so he could rescue wounded soldiers from a firefight a mile away. He ended up going back five times, saved the lives of 36 soldiers, and won the Medal of Honor.

  Honor, Military source

• [Military fact 7]  Civil War Veteran Jacob Miller, who was shot in the forehead on Sept.19th, 1863 at Brock Field at Chickamauga and left for dead. He lived with an open bullet wound for many years, with the last pieces of lead dropping out 31 years after he was first shot.

  Humanbody, Military, War, Weapons source

• [Military fact 8]  The US Navy sustainably manages over 50,000 acres of forest in Indiana in order to have more than 150-year-old white oak trees to replace wood on the 220-year-old USS Constitution. 

  Forest, Military source

• [Military fact 9]  Last surviving veteran of the American Revolutionary War was Lemuel Cook, who died in 1866 at 106 years. He lived long enough to see the end of the Civil War.

  Death, Military, War source

• [Military fact 10]  In 1958, United States Air Force lost a 7,600-pound (3,400 kg) Mark 15 nuclear bomb in the waters off Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia, United States. It has never been recovered.

  Disaster, Military source

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