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TIL that the Polish medal for couples who have made it to 50 years of marriage has a higher rank than the medal for deployment to Afghanistan

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JYbkm TIL of a failed 1996 space rocket launch that flew directly into a village and China tried to cover up
4kkM6 TIL about Ocular Herpes Simplex Keratitis. This is HSV of the eyes. While 1/3 of humans have genital HSV, about 1.4M people have OHSK. Also, Keratitis is the #1 cause of cornea-related blindness.
w6aJ TIL there are 29 states in the USA where it is legal to fire someone for being gay
nWnP7 TIL that Djibouti, a small country with less than a million people, hosts military bases from the US, China, Japan, France and Italy. Due to its strategic position at the mouth of the Red Sea, leases from foreign military bases make up 5% of its economy.
bgBj TIL a guy who called himself “the cookie monster” once stole a golden cookie and returned it after the cookie company donated cookies to a childrens hospital.