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TIL that not only is Adultery illegal in the US Military, but it is punishable by Dishonorable Discharge, loss of pay, and confinement up to a year.

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J1Yv1 TIL that Rowan Atkinson aka Mr. Bean once wrecked a 1997 McLaren F1 twice and went on to receive Britain's largest insurance payout of all time (£910,000).
4XAwX TIL that Dodo birds didn't die of extinction on Mauritius because the Portuguese ate them. The Dutch arrived later and brought pigs to the island which ate the Dodo eggs out of their nests. Dodo birds kept their nests on the ground because there weren't any predators before.
d8YmZ TIL that only specific types of sand are useful in important building materials like concrete. This has creates a shortage of sand in some areas leading to black markets for illegally mined sand run by sand mafias and sand pirates.
4kEYa TIL Buffy, Tess, Birdie, Busy, Tetty, Billie, Babette, Effy, Zizi, Bets, Tibby, and Lettie are all nicknames derived from Elizabeth
X0jV6 TIL That in terms of single car company dominance by country, Uzbekistan takes the top spot. 94% of all new car sales are a single brand - Chevrolet