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TIL Germany does not have a Court Martial. Soldiers who commit crimes are tried in civilian court.

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VBQL0 TIL Serge Voronoff was a surgeon who gained fame for his practice of xenotransplantation of monkey testicle tissues onto the testicles of men as anti-aging therapy while working in France in the 1920s and 1930s.
gr8Nb TIL At the time that Atari released the home version of Pong in 1974 the computer chip the game used was the highest-performing chip used in a consumer product. It was also Sears best selling product at the time, far exceeding expectations.
7dPr TIL that technically a diamond will not last forever; given enough time, a diamond will decay into graphite
5lXn TIL typefaces (fonts) are not protected by copyright in the United States as they are considered to be “utilitarian objects whose utility outweighs any merit that may exist in protecting their creative elements.”
OBbL TIL Israel “savagely attacked” an American research ship, killing or wounding over 200 crew members.