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TIL that soldiers in the German Army are allowed to disobey any order they think would violate human dignity.

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aw140 TIL a pod of dolphins saved a group of swimmers from a great white shark by herding the swimmers together and doing tight circles around them to create a barrier. The dolphins kept this up for 40 minutes until the shark lost interest and was safe for the swimmers to swim to shore.
8wW4 TIL when you are in Sweden you have the year-round right to walk, cycle, ride, ski and camp on any land, with few exceptions, due to The Right of Public Access, or ‘Allemansrätt’.
9w6GX TIL That spotting a “Masked Hunter” bug is almost always a sign that you have bedbugs!
7L9X TIL that the Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man was invented as an art project for the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics
70Px TIL a man was cleared of murder charges after appearing in outtakes of Curb Your Enthusiasm at a baseball game 20 miles from the crime scene at the time of the murder