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TIL of, 'Blood on the Risers,' a WWII Paratrooper song based on, 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic,' which the paratroopers changed the lyrics to a chilling story about a paratrooper whose parachute failed.

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a9Zb TIL There is a UN treaty protecting freedom of thought, freedom of conscience, and freedom of religion as human rights
0vRp TIL that a 1000MW coal power plant puts 100x more radiation into the atmosphere than a nuclear power plant
P19DJ TiL it was Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" that popularized the expression "Merry Christmas".
ne1AG TIL This photo of U.S. Army code breakers trained by William Friedman and his wife Elizebeth during WW1 spells out ‘Knowledge is Power.’ By facing either forward or sideways, the soldiers formed a coded phrase utilizing Sir Francis Bacon’s biliteral cipher.
rWEe TIL the Guillotine was still the official method of execution in France until the death penalty was abolished… in 1981.