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TIL during the Vietnam War over 800 murders or attempted murders of superior officers by enlisted soldiers were investigated. The term ‘fragging’ was coined due to the popular use of fragmentation grenades to commit the murders.

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Wk6vN TIL that the Ecce Homo painting which was turned into the "Potato Jesus" meme after a failed restoration has increased tourism in that area, and the funds go towards the church owned nursing home and the "art restorer's" son who suffers from cerebral palsy.
QJor9 TIL that there is a beetle and a spider named after Leonardo DiCaprio to acknowledge his work in promoting environmental awareness
LMr9 TIL that the almond is not a nut, but in fact a member of the peach family
kO4eB TIL since the Federal Witness Protection Program was started in 1971, not one of the 8,500 witnesses or the 9,900 family members participating has been harmed. According to Gerald Shur, its creator, 95% of those who enter the program are "what we call criminals".
R7eRj TIL that there exists an asteroid 2010 TK7 (diameter- 300 mt approx) which has the same orbit around sun as earth and period close to earth's period of 365.256 days. It oscillates a lot about its mean position and on its closest approach to earth it was around 50 times farther than the moon is.