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TIL There are currently 98 listed belief emblems for military headstones

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79Pb TIL the Megaphragma mymaripenne wasps are smaller than amoebas, at just 200 micrometers in length they have a functional brain and are capable of vision, flight, searching for food and places to lay eggs.
yVKPa TIL the Wright Brothers were perpetual bachelors, and that Orville Wright disowned their sister Katherine after she married and had a family of her own, feeling he had been "betrayed".
Qygk TIL that in 1952 North Korea once held an “Inter Camp Olympics” for P.O.Ws as a publicity stunt, with some 500 prisoners taking part in events like American Football and Basketball.
JXmk TIL The word “retarded” came into popular use during the 1960’s because it was considered far less offensive and more politically correct than labeling someone a moron, idiot or imbecile.
lJw7 TIL that the man who found the Boston Marathon bombing suspect in his boat, received only $1k in compensation from the insurance company for his bullet ridden and confiscated boat (which he never got back.)