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TIL: It is considered a war crime to kill, injure or capture an enemy by tricking them by pretending to be injured.

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5VKXR TIL there was an Pokémon episode where a scene with flashing lights induced photosensitive epileptic seizures in children across Japan. Over 600 children were taken to hospitals. The incident is referred to in Japan as the "Pokémon Shock".
v1xXD TIL the expression 'to lick into shape' originated in the ancient belief that bear cubs are born as formless lumps and need to be licked into their proper shape by their mothers
XYVP TIL Gobekli Tepe, a stone age “temple”, is decorated with pillars of elaborately carved foxes, lions, spiders, snakes, scorpions & vultures posed to twist & crawl. It predates Stonehenge & the written word by 6,000 years. It extends across 22 Turkish acres. In the 60s it was dismissed as a cemetery.
edEE TIL that Chuck Norris was an outspoken supporter of the Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage in California
oR5kY TIL 120 starlink satellites fall out of orbit per month producing 30 kilograms of aluminum oxide each which eats away at the ozone layer and these oxides have increased 8 fold in the atmosphere since 2016