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TIL that the Geneva Convention prohibits the use of modified weather as a weapon in war

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mYWy TIL Vice-President Andrew Johnson took his presidential oath while drunk. “Glassy-eyed and smelling of whiskey, he reminded […] pretty much everyone within hearing distance that they owed their positions to ‘plebeians’ such as himself, then kissed the Bible and staggered away”.
wop9J TIL about Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), a disorder characterized by extreme, uncontrollable anxiety in the face of anything perceived as a "demand." Those with PDA may try to avoid not only the demands of others, but also the demands of their own body, such as for hunger or sleep.
7gwM TIL that the Los Angeles Police Department changed the rank of “inspector” to be called “commander” because “senior officers voiced a preference for the more military-sounding rank”
X0L0r TIL About 20% of people in Greenland attempt suicide at some point in their lifetime.
j6kvM TIL that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had bad handwriting, and before his "Letter from Birmingham Jail" was published, Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker had to puzzle out what was written on the scraps of paper smuggling out of King's jail cell