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TIL in 2003 on the ABC evening news, it was reported that because of the dangers from Hurricane Isabelle, the military members assigned the duty of guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were given permission to suspend the assignment. They respectfully declined the offer. "No way, Sir!"

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1aQ9d TIL that the first computer programmers were women
VBBMG TIL : The Anthem of the European Union is not the Ode to Joy created by Beethoven but an arrangement by Karrajan with very minimal differences, thus yielding royalties to Karrajan instead of being in the public domain.
9wAPD TIL that surveillance and assessment mechanisms are often unobtrusively woven into video games, allowing companies to build detailed profiles of the people playing the game. Researchers say the level of privacy intrusion is comparable to dating apps and social media platforms.
9Y15M TIL that brain freeze is a not-very serious condition that is simply your body’s reaction to eating too-cold foods. Its scientific name is "phenopalatine ganglioneuralgia"
kR5E TIL: of the foldscope. A microscope that provides magnification from 140X to 2,000X. It is assembled from a punched sheet of cardstock, a spherical glass lens, a light emitting diode and a diffuser panel, along with a watch battery. It is designed to cost less than US$1 to build.