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TIL That the military has digitized most military records and I can now get my DD214 within a few minutes, instead of the few weeks it used to be.

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ANMJ4 TIL that sharks existed on Earth even before there were trees
QJXDX TIL about Chess Boxing. A combination of four-minute speed chess followed by three-minute boxing. To win, a player should either do a knockout or a checkmate.
p8g6N TIL of the Island of Discussion, a tiny Scottish island. Locals involved in disputes would be taken there with some cheese and whisky, and just left on the island until they'd reached a mutual agreement
7oNO TIL that initially morphine was used as a cure against opium addiction and later heroin was used as a cure against morphine addiction and even later methadone was used as a cure against heroin addiction!
8e0Kb TIL Weed is not as harmless as people claim.