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TIL officers in the US armed forces face an “up or out” system. If they are not promoted within a certain timeframe, they’re fired.

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16GEO TIL that the creators of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, named their company Mirage Studios because there was no actual studio other than Laird’s living room.
Nb TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger agreed to be in the Expendables while at the hairdresser… and he did it for free.
YpW7P TIL the rap group Run the Jewels released a remix of their 2nd album entitled "Meow the Jewels" which was essentially Run the Jewels 2 but with all the instruments replaced by cat sounds
6EvoW TIL about the American Service Members Protection Act of 2002, which gives the United States the authority to use military force to liberate ANY American or citizen of a U.S allied-country from being held in the International Criminal Court at Hague!
Raaa TIL a man in India carved a 360ft tunnel through a mountain after his wife died because medical attention could not be brought to her in time.