In the ant kingdom some ants are soldiers, or army ants. These soldier ants are so genetically designed to fight,
pinch, clamp and sting that their giant pinchers prevent them from feeding themselves. They must rely
on other ants to feed them.
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
China's Terracotta Army is thousands of life-size clay soldiers buried with the first emperor, Qin Shi Huang. Farmers digging a well discovered it by accident in 1974.
Chess traces back to an Indian game called chaturanga, played around the 6th century CE, whose pieces represented the four divisions of an ancient army.
Rottweilers are believed to descend from mastiff-type drover dogs that Roman armies brought across the Alps to herd the cattle that fed their troops.
The German Shorthaired Pointer was developed in 19th-century Germany as an all-purpose hunting dog that could point, retrieve on land and in water, and track wounded game, basically a hunting Swiss Army knife.
After WWII, British Army officer Major Ivan Hirst restarted Beetle production at the damaged Wolfsburg factory, which helped save Volkswagen.
Klinger wore dresses on "M*A*S*H" as part of a scheme to get discharged from the Army.
"MASH" stands for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.
K-pop fan groups have names, like BTS's "ARMY" and BLACKPINK's "BLINK."
During the Civil War, General Ulysses S. Grant reportedly sent a message saying he wouldn't move his army without onions.
US Army doctor William Gorgas led a mosquito control campaign that made building the Panama Canal possible.
China's Terracotta Army, about 8,000 clay soldiers, was discovered in 1974 by farmers digging a well.