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TIL that if you are a soldier and you decide to use an enemy flag or uniform as a ruse, you must discard the items before beginning combat.

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9wMrp TIL: In 1980, British athletes attended the Moscow Olympics against the wishes of Margaret Thatcher. Sebastian Coe’s own parents were approached by the government in the shape of Douglas Hurd to put pressure on their son not to compete. As Coe himself recalled, they told him politely to get stuffed.
PllO TIL The idea for YouTube, in part, was conceived when the founders couldn’t find a video of Janet Jackson’s breast popping out during the Super Bowl
9YEeD TIL Police in Brazil ride buffalo when a patrolling because they can outrun criminals in rivers and swamps!
oxKo TIL In 1942 there was a man called the Phantom Barber, who would break into peoples houses in Mississippi at night and cut their hair.
ElVo TIL that in 1936 a rare million-dollar Stradivarius violin got stolen from virtuoso Hall Huberman. The thief, a café musician named Julian Altman, became famous and performed for presidents. 49 years after the theft, he confessed to the theft on his deathbed and his wife received $263k finder’s fee.