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TIL that Stan Lee served in the military during World War II for three years after hearing about the attack in Pearl Harbor

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NmnP TIL People who have facial Botox injections have difficulty identifying emotional expressions in facial photos. Scientists suspect the Botox prevents facial mirroring which hinders the brain’s ability to interpret emotions in others.
m10bR TIL Titanic Officer, Charles Lightoller later assisted evacuation efforts in Dunkirk during WWII. The character, Dawson, in the Christopher Nolan film, was inspired by him.
4J0g TIL that the last country to go to war with Vietnam was China, in 1979. The Sino-Vietnamese War lasted 3 weeks and 6 days, and Chinese suffered more than 60,000 casualties.
wNB7 TIL that due to a law passed in 1953, it is illegal in Ohio to arrest a person on Sunday, on the Fourth of July, or on your way to a place of worship, unless the crime is a felony, treason, or is a breach of peace.
W7QY8 TIL that the blindfold was added to Lady Justice satirically, to say that Justice was blind to all the injustice before her. The blindfold was later repurposed to what we know today as representing that justice should be carried out impartially.