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TIL Andorra has no army. Instead, all Andorrans should, by law, keep a rifle. The law also states that the police will offer a firearm in case of need.

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woJ4Y TIL: That the movie 'The Karate Kid' is a semi-autobiographical story based on the life of its screenwriter, Robert Mark Kamen. At age 17, after the 1964 New York World's Fair, Kamen was beaten up by a gang of bullies. He thus began to study martial arts in order to defend himself.
8aW8G TIL in 2017, several Soviet Time Capsules were unearthed on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Russian Revolution. They were buried at the 50th anniversary in 1967 and contained a lot of hopeful writings for 2017.
rR8Lx TIL that Eddie Van Halen’s method of guitar playing was so new and unique that tablature was created to teach guitarists to play it (explanation around 11:14)
kOmAW TIL that in 2004 there was a "election" for a new Chex flavor in South Korea. The green onion flavor won, but because Kellogg wasn't expecting this, they chose the chocolate flavor anyway. 16 years later, they south Koreans finally got it
nWLK9 TIL about an 80' (24.4m) stunt fall before airbags. During filming for a 1975 movie Joe Powell, as stunt double for Sean Connery, performed a stunt as a rope bridge was cut falling 80' (24.4m) onto a pile of mattresses and cardboard boxes