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TIL under the Geneva conventions Military surgeons are required to treat wounded enemy soldiers equal to allied troops

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NX78E TIL of wadokei - Clocks used by the Japanese until 1872, in which length of an hour changed with the seasons.
GnP7 TIL that a man on trial brought a bag of poop into the courtroom, smeared feces on his lawyer and then threw the remainder of the poop at the jury.
WkAKo TIL: Up until 1972, tennis balls used to be black and white, and were changed to their neon color today because people had trouble seeing them on television.
QJ9Xa TIL the character of Hans Moleman has seemingly died 24 times on The Simpsons.
YpPmZ TIL there's an instrument that makes the horror/suspense noises in some movies and video games