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TIL that using a white flag as a ruse to approach and attack an enemy is considered a war crime according to the law of war.

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4Xmwg TIL that electrical outlets have an average lifespan of 15-25 years. You may want to consider replacing your home outlets.
E1Bno TIL about the Peak-End Rule – a cognitive bias whereby we tend to judge and remember an experience/event on the basis of how we felt at its 'peaks' (intense positive or negative moments) and at its 'end' (the final moments) rather than the sum total of all the moments of the experience/event.
J1NeQ TIL birds are unaffected by spiciness.
69POl Today I Learned Roman physician Galen would use wine as a disinfectant for all types of wounds, and even soaked exposed bowels before returning them to the body only 5 Gladiators died under his watch
J1dLm TIL that Hitler commissioned Ferdinand Porsche to create the VW Beetle as the Nazi everyman's car. Porsche stole the design of the car from a Jewish engineer named Josef Ganz who died in obscurity.