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TIL that congress authorized the guards of the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetary to abandon their post due to hurricane Sandy. They refused and continued their duty.

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8WLX TIL of Scott E. Parazynski, the only person to have flown in space and summited Mount Everest. Parazynski flew five times in the Space Shuttle and conducted seven spacewalks. In 2008, he failed to summit Everest due to a severe back injury, but succeeded on his second try the next year.
wA6 TIL: There are Cat Cafés in Japan and Taiwan where people can pay hourly to play with cats and have drinks!
Q68E TIL that in an 8-hour day, the average worker is only productive for 2 hours and 53 minutes.
vPaKr TIL - There is a phenomenon in Norway called “The Hessdalen Lights” which refers to a valley where on a regular basis large orbs of light fly through the sky. Universities and Governments have studied it for decades and have also documented it heavily.
xVyXb TIL In four years at West Point, General Custer amassed a record-total of 726 demerits, one of the worst conduct records in the history of the academy, and finished at the bottom of his class