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TIL men in switzerland are required to keep the firearms they are issued during military service at home after they leave the military so as to prevent home break ins and have the countries men ready to mobilize in the event of a threat.

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m1JpY TIL that Beck rejected Weird Al's request to parody his hit 1990s song "Loser" because Beck felt he already wasn't being taken seriously as artist. Later though, Beck regretted this decision saying “I think it would have been an amazing video. I’m actually really sad it didn’t happen.”
5Y6QP TIL that Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey are the names of mice who orbited the Moon on Apollo 17
rRgjW TIL how those Banner Airplanes work. They don't land with the banner, instead they drop them off to a crew standing by and They don't take-off with the banner but have a hook to grab it with mid-air.
m1N7o TIL in 1943 US and Canadian forces invaded Kiska Island as part of the offensive on the Aleutian Islands. The island was completely abandoned but allied forces still suffered over 313 casualties, and lost 1 Destroyer.
Mnj8 TIL due to a Copyright error that was just discovered in 2015, the Happy Birthday song had been falsely copyrighted for 80 years