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TIL a US court upheld the argument that rape is an occupational hazard of military service.

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VMJg0 TIL The tendency to see Van Gogh's mental illness in his work began as a rebuke by critics who hated it, at a time when mental illness was highly stigmatized. He was actually only seriously ill in the final 2 years of his life.
Wvlo TIL The famous thumbs up from Vault Boy from Fallout is not just a gesture, but a method of measuring radiation from a nuclear blast.
E1AlP TIL of rotationplasty, a surgical procedure that attaches the foot to the upper part of the leg backwards, to remove tumors near the knee joint and help patients with mobility and prosthetics.
bW40 TIL that the reason Ulysses S Grant was considered a “drunk” was because he only weighed 135 pounds and couldn’t handle his alcohol well
GYD8Q TIL Velociraptors had feathers and were only around 20 inches tall - roughly the size of a turkey but with a longer body.