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TIL In 2016, the U.S. Marine Corps changed 19 official job titles, such as “infantryman,” to a gender neutral alternative, like “basic infantry Marine.”

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wLZ7E TIL that staring into someone's eyes for ten minutes straight may cause disassociation and hallucinations.
VMxpk TIL: Entering a radius of 5 nautical miles around North Sentinel Island is illegal under Indian law. In Jan 2006, 2 Indian fishermen were fishing in prohibited waters and were killed by the Sentinelese, an indigenous people in voluntary isolation who have repeatedly attacked approaching vessels.
ZgWG TIL parents believed their 5 year-old daughter was possessed by evil spirits because of her increasing stomach, only to be told by a doctor that she was in fact, pregnant.
6AG8 TIL that at the end of the Vietnam War, the USS Midway crew pushed $10mil of helicopters into the sea so that a Cessna full of evacuees could land on the deck.
9ww9X TIL that there are twins in British Columbia who are conjoined by the head. Due to them sharing a brain, they can see through each other’s eyes and ‘hear’ each other’s thoughts.