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TIL Bugs Bunny is actually enlisted as a US Marine complete with dog-tags and registration papers and retired as a Master Sergeant.

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8addG TIL Greenland has fossilized plants buried under 1.4 kilometers of ice. This implies the ice melted and reformed in the last million years.
WWw9 TIL the Dodge Brothers sued Henry Ford in 1919 on the grounds that a company should act in the interests of its shareholders and not for the good of society, its customers or its employees
W7pvo TIL that in 2011 a court in the U.K. banned a man with a 48 IQ from having sex determining that he didn't have the mental capacity to understand the health risks associated with his actions.
GmQG TIL: Chuck Taylor, of Converse All-Star fame, was only a shoe salesman, and was simply paid commission on what he sold, and had an expense account with Converse. That’s it.
mGex TIL that some Canadian police departments give out “positive tickets” to thank people for doing something good.