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TIL about body farms where they study the decomposition in a variety of settings to solve deaths

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bjVZ TIL 903 miles from Benghazi under President Ronald Reagan in 1983, numerous warnings were ignored in the Shiite truck bombing that killed 220 US Marines in Beirut. The lead sentry had no bullets in his gun.
WQVY TIL that during WW2, Italy delivered an ultimatum to Greece demanding they accept occupation. The Greeks replied with “Then it is war”. In the ensuing fight, the outgunned Greeks put Italy on the defensive, forcing Germany to intervene, diverting resources from the upcoming invasion of the USSR.
W7yBo TIL that in the D-Day landings of 1944, only about 14 percent of the force were infantry, 6 percent were tank crews, and the rest were "rear area functions," - Logistics, medical staff, etc.
1ZAX TIL a new variation of chess, called Marahajah, in which the black army has all it’s pieces while the white army has only it’s queen (the marahajah) which can move as a knight and a queen.
OokJY TIL: The U.S. Supreme Court building has a basketball court above the Supreme Court floor itself. It's called the "Highest Court in the Land".