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TIL in the Republic of China the legal birthday of a leapling (person born on February 29th) is February 28th in common years. In Hong Kong, the legal birthday of a leapling is March 1 in common years.

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PYgwG TIL James Doohan(Soctty from Star Trek) killed 2 snipers on Juno Beach on D-Day.
epda5 TIL a Challenger space shuttle engineer, Allan McDonald, raised safety concerns against the wishes of his employer & NASA. He was ignored; a fatal accident resulted. When McDonald spoke out, he was demoted by his company. Congress stepped in to help him. He later taught ethical decision making.
ADWRg TIL that Niki Lauda asked his fellow drivers in 1976 to boycott the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring due to safety concerns even after he was the fastest on the track. Fellow drivers declined and Lauda suffered a crash in the second lap which left him with half face and scalp burned.
epDm5 TIL that dogs have specific tastebuds fine-tuned to the taste of water, so they experience it differently than humans who often describe it as “tasteless”
AD87 TIL: Gas stations (and other merchants) can’t have a “minimum purchase amount” when you use a credit/debit card…regardless of what they try to tell you…