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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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awgg0 TIL of John Wojtowicz, who robbed a bank to fund his partner’s gender reassignment surgery. In prison, they made a movie about the crime and he used the money he earned from selling the rights to finally pay for her surgery.
j6oLN TIL Cold weather retains less water than warm weather. That's how dew appears.
9w6kr TIL that the largest territorial claim in antarctica is made by Australia, totalling an area of 5,896,500 km2
NXYjJ TIL famous Italian Tenor, Andrea Bocelli, completed a law degree and practiced law for a year before embarking on his professional music career
Wkow4 TIL that "Louis Le Prince" was actually the first person to invent a motion picture camera, 3 years before Thomas Edison, but was not able to publicly showcase the device as when he was going to retrieve it, he entered a train and was never seen again.