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TIL NASA has a swat team

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OoNNY TIL: one of the reasons the highest rank in the US army is "General of the Army" instead of Field Marshall (as in other countries) was to avoid insulting Gen. George Marshall by calling him Field Marshal Marshall.
x6p01 TIL Florida had to create a law that makes dwarf throwing contests illegal for places that serve alcohol.
wDM TIL that the letter ‘J’ is the only letter NOT on the periodic table
9mOB TIL There is a whale called 52 Blue that only sings at their frequency meaning it can’t communicate with other whales. It is nicknamed the loneliest whale on the planet.
N7AJ8 TIL the "Cardinal King" Henry the Chaste of Portugal never expected the throne, as he was an elderly man vowed to celibacy, doomed without successors. He attempted to resign the clergy to produce an heir, but Spain pressured the pope to deny him. When Henry died, Spain annexed Portugal for 60 years