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TIL Eddie Slovik is the only American soldier to be court-martialled and executed for desertion since the American Civil War.

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nZ8G TIL a Colorado judge sentences violators brought to court for blasting loud music to an hour of listening to Barry Manilow at high volume.
NXxQJ TIL Plants receive more energy on a cloudy day in the summer than on a sunny day in the winter.
wLBOJ TIL that the animal that causes the most human deaths annually in the US is deer. Deer sometimes leap blindly into roadways causing tens of thousands of traffic accidents annually. These accidents cause an estimated 200 deaths every year. Runner-up: Bees, wasps and hornets with 58 deaths.
xRgB TIL that China harvests the internal organs of detained prisoners, including Tibetans, underground Christians, and practicioners of the peaceful Falun Gong spiritual movement.
G01N TIL during the siege of Stalingrad the commanding officer Friedrich Paulus was promoted to Field Marshal with the expectation he commit suicide rather than surrender. After he surrendered he was heard saying “I have no intention of shooting myself for a Bohemian corporal”. He lived till 1957.