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TIL in Germany, soldiers are considered “citizens in uniform”, firstly responsible to their own conscience and not to their leaders. As a result, there were no military courts since 1945.

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epDBg TIL The eastern most point of Greece is further east than Istanbul
bRop TIL that the Vietnam War is called the “American War” in Vietnam (fully the “War Against the Americans to Save the Nation”).
VkLm TIL A former math professor with a PhD from Stanford University specializing in statistics has won the lottery FOUR times
Eg0Dd TIL that in Taiwan the number of pets nears that of children under 14, and is expected to surpass that of children before 2027
Z8O04 TIL there was a rumor in the 1960s that Japan made products in a town called Usa which were then exported to the US with the label "MADE IN USA" to make them appear as if they were made in the US.