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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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PL7g TIL that women generally had more legal rights under Islamic law than they did under Western legal systems until more recent times
XENk6 Today I Learned that the worlds biggest collection of Nash Motors automobiles(about 268 of them) rests 450 feet under water in Lake Michigan when the ship carrying them was struck by another and sank.
dpmK TIL Argentina is one of the whitest counties in the world with a white population of 97%.
JYlgV TIL that Touch the Clouds was a Chief of the Lakota Indian Tribe. He was a friend of Crazy Horse. Fought in The Battle of Little Bighorn. Some historians report he was around 6'10, 280 pounds. He was a great warrior, highly intelligent, diplomatic and well respected by Natives and white men alike.
wo5K1 TIL Out of 138,000 American Soldiers buried overseas, 60,000 are buried in France, 25,000 are buried in the Philippines, 14,000 in Belgium, 12,000 in Italy, 8,000 in a Netherlands, 5,000 in Luxembourg, 5,000 in Panama. 1000’s more in England, Tunisia, Mexico.