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TIL that there are thousands of Palestinians serving in the Israeli Armed Forces

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rRpDM TIL The Philippines sent 1,000 troops to the Korean war as crew for US tanks. Tanks never came and they were forced to face 40,000 North Korean and Chinese soldiers during the Great Spring Offensive and managed to hold their portion of the line and get surrounded as the line beside them collapsed.
m18Yo TIL that Canada has actual legal currency that is a coin with a 3-D golden Superman bursting through it. One coin is worth $1200 CAD
XDdE TIL of Mira, a dying star zipping through our universe shedding its matter, each bit of which may one day grow into a new, individual star of its own. NASA has called it “The Johnny Appleseed of The Universe.
k9R4 TIL that cats don’t have taste receptors that react to sweet things. This means that cats, from lions and tigers right down to domestic felines, cannot taste anything sweet.
b960Q TIL that there is a five dollar fee for any staff at the Top Gun School who quotes the movie.