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TIL World War One officially began exactly one hundred years ago today.

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AN7nl TIL of the Boy Scout Nuclear Science Merit Badge. The requirements to receive the badge include building a Geiger counter, planting irradiated and nonirradiated seeds, and visiting an accelerator (research lab) or university where people study the properties of the nucleus or nucleons.
4ka9N TIL that the "Liner, wet weather, poncho" or Poncho liner, was first used by U.S. personnel during the early stages of the Vietnam War. One theory for it's nickname "Woobie" was in reference to a child's security blanket from the movie Mr. Mom.
ANLa TIL the five flags planted on the moon cost only $5.50 in the 1960s and have all turned white from bleaching by sunlight
m1PkE TIL during the 1920 trial of Elmer Fisher for the illegal ownership of alcohol, the jury took 1 of the bottles submitted as evidence when they went to deliberate to make sure that it was whiskey. After some time passed, the jury asked for a 2nd bottle. A short time later, it found Fisher not guilty.
x61ZD TIL that Rainbow Trout and Ocean Trout are the same species but just caught/raised in freshwater and saltwater respectively.