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TIL civilians are subject to the Geneva Convention and the Hague Convention and have been executed in the past as war criminals

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00VA TIL that your 10,000th day of being alive occurs when you are 27 years, 4 months, and (depending on leap-year cycles), approx 2 weeks old.
6j1l TIL 30% of one night stands actually turn into long-term relationships.
bJaN TIL in 2012, the Chinese Army sent a flamethrower to destroy a large wasp nest.
lor8a TIL In the 20th century India lost more than 95% of its vulture population. The deaths are due to a medication for cows that is poisonous to the birds. The loss of vultures had increased the spread of disease and vermin populations. Also Parsi sky burials have had to be cancelled.
5YNwn TIL during WW2 after the Nazis had taken over France, Churchill made the decision to attack the French naval fleet rather than let it fall into enemy hands. The bombardment killed nearly 2,000 men. France then severed all diplomatic relations with the UK and even mounted several retaliation attacks.