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TIL 71% of 17-24-year-olds in the U.S. don't qualify for military service.

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VMApp TIL the voice actor that originally portrayed Porky Pig was fired for having an actual stutter.
8aQdb TIL that Edward Hines got the idea to paint a line in the middle of the road to seperate traffic after watching a leaky milk wagon leave a trail down the street. In 1935, he was awarded the George S. Bartlett Award for outstanding contribution to highway progress.
ne069 TIL of Southeastern Provisions, a slaughterhouse in which its owner was reported for weekly deposits of $100K for in-cash-payroll. Many workers were undocumented and not paid for overtime. After a undercover operation, the IRS and ICE raided the site in one of the largest raids in US history.
Brlrk TIL Warm blooded animals go into hibernation during winter while cold blooded animals go into brumation
LkxBm TIL Operation Babylift happened in 1975 when 3300 orphaned Vietnamese babies and children where taken to the US and other Allies to be adopted. The first flight crashed, and 78 children died.