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TIL that the military allows off-shore troops to drink (on base) at the age of 18.

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DdJV TIL 50 Cent made $8.7 million using Twitter to convince people to invest in a failing penny stock.
QNDbk TIL: There are "sniffer bees" that can be trained to sniff out various substances, including explosives, illegal drugs, and diseases in humans. Their sense of smell is so acute, they can match sniffer dogs in detection skills. However, each bee can only be trained to recognize one specific scent.
j65Kv TIL when Olympe de Gouges argued that Louis XVI should not be executed a mob showed up at her house. When she went out to meet them someone grabbed her by her hair and started a mock auction for her head. She offered a "massive bid" which humored the crowd, and they let her go.
Zp5DR TIL in 1964, a country changed names during the Olympics. It entered the Olympics as Northern Rhodesia, a British protectorate, and left as Zambia, becoming fully independent on the day of the closing ceremony. The athletes marched in the ceremony with a new placard featuring the word "Zambia".
LkPX9 TIL of Tyson Steele, a man who accidentally burned his cabin down and then survived three weeks stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with little food and in sub-zero temperatures. "I'm not exactly trained, I've just always been in the outdoors," he said. "Watched a lot of YouTube videos".