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TIL Male US Marines in uniform cannot carry an umbrella

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eZjb TIL that Google prefers dogs to cats. Their official code of conduct specifically states they are a dog company.
0mVL TIL Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison hired a guy to follow his yacht in a powerboat and retrieve basketballs that go overboard.
Bj9b TIL The word ‘pixel’ is short for 'picture element’.
JYwKv TIL Mark Twain initially supported American Imperialism, but, after discovering America's true motives in the Philippine–American War by reading the Treaty of Paris, he changed his position, saying "And so I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land."
EgERV TIL the Heat Index (aka "feels-like" temperature) is only accurate for healthy and well-hydrated adults of average size and weight who are sitting in the shade with a breeze of 5 knots. These and other assumptions are parameterized as constants in the formula and any deviations result in inaccuracy.