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TIL that collective punishments is a war crime, as stated in the Hague Regulations and the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions.

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a8AZ TIL: The phrase “on the rocks” came from the “olden days” in Scotland, where scott’s who didn’t have ice would go to the river and take stones chilled by the mountain snow and add it to there drinks. And that’s where the phrase, scotch “on the rocks” comes from
VBkjD TIL: In 1998, American, British and Canadian air forces all failed to shoot down a rogue weather balloon from Canada. The balloon was 25 storeys high and as wide as several football pitches. Two CF-18 fighters fired more than 1,000 rounds into it off the coast of Newfoundland.
7rlOp TIL that after receiving a bad review on his book The World Rose, author Richard Brittain tracked down the reviewer's name and place of work from Facebook, took a train from England to Scotland, went to the store where she was working, and attacked her with a wine bottle.
D1WVr TIL that a lot of the Marvel graphics and end credits text crawl was made by a studio whose artists are on the autism spectrum.
BrB5L TIL When the US was finally able to use NBA players for the 1992 Olympics (The appearance of the legendary Dream Team), they chose to include one college player, Chris Laettner, as a nod to the previous system. The runner up was Shaquille O'Neal.