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TIL Upon enlisting in any of the United States Armed Forces, each person is federally required by law to take an oath to both the Consitution and the UCMJ, the latter of which includes a duty to disobey unlawful orders.

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a6yA TIL that American Indians weren’t considered citizens of the U.S.A until 1924.
oBrjo TIL bloodhounds (a.k.a. nose with a dog attached), have 230 million olfactory cells – 40 times that of humans. Because of their sense of smell, their evidence is admissible in the court of law. Bloodhound, Nick Carter, led to the capture and conviction of more than 600 criminals throughout his life.
Y7E7P TIL in order to prove to Sony that The Social Network would be under 2 hours despite the length of Aaron Sorkin's script (162 pages instead of the typical 120), director David Fincher timed Sorkin reading it out loud, which took 1 hour & 59 minutes. The final runtime was the same. (25:46-26:58)
b9aOp TIL that coyotes and wolves can interbreed, producing "coywolves". Coyotes can also breed with domestic dogs.
E1LBw TIL there was a 12th Amendment that was passed by Congress that, with the current US population, would require 6,658 members of the House of Representatives.