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wPQP TIL that war dogs are always ranked higher than their handlers in order to ensure that if a handler ever mistreats his dog, it would be considered assault on a superior officer.
VMBKk TIL Hawaiian t-shirts are good camo
X0XVD TIL that an average hurricane releases a phenomenal amount of energy through the formation of clouds and rain: about 5.2 x 10^19 Joules per day. This is about 200 times more electricity than humans produce planetwide.
5pYp TIL in 1504 a German knight named Götz von Berlichingen lost his right arm when enemy cannon fire forced his own sword against him. He had two mechanical hands made for him, capable of holding a shield to a feathered pen. He was then known as Götz of the Iron Hand.
mxJYp TIL that the USSR has missiles pointed at a hot dog stand in the Pentagon because they believed it led to a top secret meeting room