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TIL the Geneva Conventions prohibit the wearing of fake insignia, but the law makes no mention on the complete absence of insignia. As a result, the alleged Russian soldiers wearing no insignia while fighting in Ukraine in 2014 were exempt from the Geneva Conventions.

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Yp4Yx TIL in 2006, a British man had a life-threatening illness, and thought he was about to die. He called his wife and confessed to having an affair with her best friend. He survived, and in 2010, she murdered him at their home. She was arrеstеd, and eventually sentenced to 582 days for manslaughter
gMm0b TIL The US Military still uses 8 inch floppy disks on outdated IBM computers to run the nuclear missile systems. It's because they are incredibly hard to hack. The computers are essentially air-gapped and the old IBM computers are reliable. They could run for another 40 years with spare parts.
69QMl TIL Thomas Jefferson regularly attended many different churches and declared "I am of a sect by myself" unlike many of the other devoted founding fathers.
newDr TIL that Animal House was filmed at the University of Oregon on the condition that it not be identified in the movie
kJGL7 TIL the CIA struggled to recruit candidates who had visible tattoos because such markings made agents easier to identify. This rule has been relaxed, but it once limited their ability to hire otherwise qualified applicants.