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TIL if you eject from an airplane the ejection seat manufacturer will give you a free neck tie

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X05xX TIL: how they do the scale for murals
KYl6R TIL conspiracy is against the law and just one move to enact the plan is enough to get you convicted.
ZgpY TIL that during World War I that US soldiers were the only allied soldiers sent overseas without condoms.
yNQp TIL that a British soldier who fought in both World Wars was shot in the face, head, ankle, leg, hip and ear, survived a plane crash, tunnelled out of a POW camp, and bit off his own fingers when a doctor wouldn’t amputate them. He later said “frankly I had enjoyed the war.”
woX4W TIL: The Mirage Bowl/Coca Cola Classic was an annual College Football Game played in Tokyo, Japan. It was not an official "bowl game" as it was actually a game being relocated during the regular season.