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TIL that there is such a thing as a “salute deduction” in gymnastics.

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7r9eM TIL that there is 1400 tons of unexploded (and rapidly degrading) munitions 1.5 miles off the coast of Kent (UK). If it explodes, it would likely cause a bigger explosion than the one in Beirut.
PYoYO TIL in 1969 LIFE magazine published a cover story called “The Faces Of The American Dead In Vietnam: One Week’s Toll.” Page after page of images of young men, 242 of them, killed in seven days of fighting the war in Vietnam.
wlv1 TIL that the last Roman ruler of Britain, Magnus Maximus, married the daughter of a Welsh leader, thereby becoming the ancestor of several Welsh dynasties and kings up to 500 years later.
woo0J TIL Apparently, it's agreed upon that in an alzheimer's paitient Music Boosts Brain Activity, an in some cases, the last thing they will remember is their favorite song, or any familiar songs that one has listened to.
KQMB TIL In Idaho, if a person’s perjury leads to the execution of an innocent person, the witness is then subject to the death penalty as well.