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TIL Switzerland has more millionaires than recipients of social assistance

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ZQVp TIL of the saluting trap. British army conscripts would form a large group, then one by one walk to an officer. Each would salute, forcing him to salute back. The goal was to force the officer to salute as many soldiers as possible as fast as possible to make his arm sore.
N7kpM TIL Chuck Norris has his own martial arts system, called Chun Kuk Do, which is based on his training in the military while in Korea.
px7O TIL people drown in the dead sea because of how difficult it is to roll over while floating face-down.
QN5Ad TIL that Mafia boss, Gioacchino Gammino, escaped prison in 2002 and stayed free until 2022, after a Google Streetview car spotted him outside a fruit stand in Spain.
W86B TIL The Ghost Army, an army of inflatable tanks and rubber planes (also some real tanks) would stage a presence of force through the battlefield, their job was to create chaos and basically scare the Nazis away. It worked.