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TIL it’s cummerbund and not cumberbund

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6EMX7 TIL United States Space Force is a new independent armed force branch that was established on Dec 20, 2019. Other US Armed Forces includes US Army, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Air Force, and US Coast Guard.
JXe4 TIL The Chappaquiddick incident, in which Senator Ted Kennedy accidentally drove his car off a bridge, abandoning his passenger who drowned. He did not report the incident for nine hours
8empG TIL In WW2 Germany built an underground fortress in France to fire V-3 superguns at London. The artillery had a range of 103 miles and the potential to fire at 60 rounds a minute.
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nGGr TIL Real-time (to the day) drug use in urban areas can be monitored through sampling the sewage.