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TIL US Veterans Can Choose an Atheist Headstone Emblem (an Atom with an A in the center)

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GANDJ TIL the Cayman Islands own $285.3B in U.S debt and ranks 7th in amount owned by foreign states.
BgrVx TIL in 1963, a leaking propane tank was ignited by a nearby popcorn machine at a "holiday on ice" show in Indianapolis. The explosion killed 74 people and ripped open a section of the seating bowl.
ykbw TIL that in the 1924 Tour de France, riders used cocaine and chloroform as performance enhancing drugs.
oAA TIL that owls are unable to move their eyes in any direction.
Op5X TIL that future President Rutherford B. Hayes quit his law practice and volunteered for service in the US Civil War in 1861 at almost 40 years old with no prior military experience. He fought at several major battles and was wounded five time.