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TIL that "May God have mercy upon your soul" is a phrase used in courts by judges pronouncing a sentence of death upon a person found guilty of a crime that requires a death sentence. It is a way to attribute God as the higher authority of law & judges did not have the authority to destroy souls.

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WkmrB TIL Elvis Presley was drafted into the U.S. Army. At the peak of his career, he received his draft notice for a two-year stint in the army. Fans sent tens of thousands of letters to the army asking for him to be spared, but Elvis refused to decline. He was sworn as an army private on March 24, 1958.
ADRgx TIL the tank battle for Stonne village that changed hands 17 times between 15 and 17 May 1940. IIIrd Reich officers considered it as their "Verdun of 1940". A German officer later said: “There are 3 battles that I can never forget: Stonne, Stalingrad, and Monte Cassino."
Ek1W TIL Seth Rogen, now a success, confronted the guy who cancelled Freaks and Geeks and demanded an explanation.
BVee TIL Otto von Bismarck once stated that when war came to Europe “it will be some damn fool thing in the Balkans that sets it off” thirty years before Franz Ferdinand was assassinated which kicked off the start of World War One.
68V7 TIL that during WW2 the Allies discovered that the Germans were using the Leaning Tower of Pisa as an observation post. A U.S Army Sergeant that was sent to the tower to confirm the presence of German troops was impressed by its beauty and decided to not order an artillery strike on it.