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TIL the Singaporean military was established by Israel

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6L7w TIL that John Pike (aka the UC Davis “pepper spray cop”) won a $38,000 workman’s comp settlement for “depression and anxiety” stemming from the aftermath of the incident. $30,000 was awarded on average to each of the students that were sprayed
Q6yk TIL: After WW2 the Japanese Admiral who invented the idea of kamikaze pilots committed ritual suicide, seppuku, as an apology. After cutting through his abdomen he refused the customary beheading, instead slowly dying over several hours.
MeBom Today I learned that Soccer was actually coined and originally used by the English for over a century and they are the reason that Americans call Football Soccer today.
oBAA7 TIL the average age of a pig sent to be processed as pork is six months old
BDJb TIL That no branch of the government has ANY power over the Federal Reserve, none of them even have the authority to ENTER the federal reserve building