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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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1axgX TIL British aristocrats often went broke after royal visits. Queen Elizabeth I spent her holydays at her titled noblemen's country estates. The problem was that Tudor monarchs didn’t just travel alone and hosts had to find housing, food and entertainment for over 300 people, often at short notice.
Y7K4A TIL tourists thrown an average of €1.5million into Rome's Trevi Fountain each year. The money is collected and donated to charity, providing some 52,800 meals at local soup kitchen in 2023 alone.
mxgbx TIL about "Georgian swimming" - a swimming style where swimmer's hand and feet are bound together. It was re-discovered in the 60es after a swimming enthusiast decided to fact-check a legend about ancient warriors training by swimming in this manner.
X0XmR TIL that there is an ancient ocean under the Appalachian Mts called the Iapetus Ocean that pre-dates the Atlantic Ocean and salt is harvested from it.
Br75K TIL Steve Carell was nominated six consecutive times for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series at the Emmys for his work on The Office, and never won.