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TIL wearing fezzes is illegal in Turkey.

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yQ9kp TIL Max Brooks, the author of "World War Z" and son of Mel Brooks, was invited to join the Modern War Institute at West Point as a non-resident fellow to write about non-military issues that could turn violent in the future, such as corporate control of the food chain.
N7JJ6 TIL dogs not eligible to continue guide dog training are offered "career changes"
DQXZY TIL in 1955, someone dropped a 600-year-old plaster Buddha Statue only to discover the plaster was covering a solid gold statue beneath
wBY6 TIL of American military officer Roddie Edmonds, whose unit was captured during WW2. When asked by his Nazi captors to identify the Jewish soldiers under his command, Edmonds replied, “We are all Jews here.” He saved as many as 200 Jewish-American soldiers from execution.
pY9L8 TIL There is a theory as to why cuckoo egg hosts knowingly raise cuckoos: they do it or else the cuckoo will destroy their nest and kill their young.