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TIL United States Space Force is a new independent armed force branch that was established on Dec 20, 2019. Other US Armed Forces includes US Army, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Air Force, and US Coast Guard.

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e8a6 TIL that ‘Game of Thrones’ author George R.R. Martin still uses WordStar 4.0, a word processor application that was released in the mid-80s and runs on DOS to write all his novels.
7pmM TIL Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine) is a multi-billionaire and has a net worth greater than Jerry Seinfeld.
oB0N7 TIL A 2018 study found strong evidence for the link between olfaction and obesity. That is, the sense of smell is negatively correlated with body weight.
woOJ7 TIL: In 1947, after the Italian bomber corps was disbanded post-WWII, some planes of ambiguous purpose were transferred, pending status clarity, to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the sovereign successors of the Knights Hospitaller of Crusader fame. The planes were later returned to Italy.
G7QQ TIL Thomas Jefferson invented the swivel chair and sat on the first one while writing much of the Declaration of Independence