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TIL immigrants in the United States are legally required to carry their green card or other immigration papers "at all times"

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wGG8 TIL that in World War II, American soldier John R. Fox died when he deliberately called an artillery strike on himself. Realizing that German troops were overrunning his party’s position, the strike delayed the enemy long enough for other American units to organize a counter attack.
wo5E TIL There is a time capsule buried in 1968 in Amarillo Texas containing the passbook to a bank account with a $10 deposit, expected to be worth $1 quadrillion when it is opened in 2968.
DQ5MV TIL that a Cirrus SR20 aircraft crashed into the Belaire Apartments in New York City on 2006
xJDB TIL that due to a lack of historical evidence, the Mythbusters deemed it plausible that eyepatches were for keeping one eye adapted to the dark so that pirates could see easier below deck.
PYnNn TIL that a single species of spiders reproduces by a process known as “traumatic insemination”, in which the male sedates the female and proceeds to pierce her abdomen with one of its two penises to directly deposit sperm on its ovaries.