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TIL among NATO soldiers, a French combat ration is worth 5 American MRE rations

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4X9JR TIL that from 1910 to 1915, the Boy Scouts of America had a "Stalker" merit badge
X0BvE TIL that Son Heung-min, captain of both the South Korean national team and Tottenham Hotspur, completed basic training with the Republic of Korea Marine Corps—finishing in the top five out of 157 trainees. He also learned German by watching episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants
D1mjY TIL that the word 'Trampoline' was created and Trademarked in 1936, and comes from the Spanish 'trampolín', meaning a diving board.
WJa9 TIL that George Orwell would be considered a terrorist by today’s British government
Emno TIL a woman had a sudden heart attack on a plane, when the stewardess asked if there was a doctor on board, 15 stood up, they were on their way to a cardiology conference.