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TIL - FBI is struggling to hire hackers due to a rule saying they shouldn’t have taken marijuana in the past 3 years.

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0wokN TIL Hangul is the alphabetic system used for writing the Korean language, but in North Korea it is known as Chosŏn muntcha. Because of the influence of Confucianism and of Chinese culture, Hangul was not used by scholars or Koreans of the upper classes until after 1945
VBkkk TIL about a HUGE cannon, built in 1464 by the Ottoman military. It was still in combat use 343 Years later. It fired projectiles weighing over 2000lbs.
R7xMj TIL that after a storm hit a cargo ship in 1997, nautical themed Lego pieces are still being washed up on beaches in Cornwall, UK to this day.
87ab TIL if you were a member of the Peace Corps, you are disqualified from working for military intelligence.
X05Xk TIL During the end of WW2, a German army soldier deserted, impersonated a Luftwaffe captain, and orchestrated the execution of 200 German army deserters held at prison camp