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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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OoW9L TIL that the original London Bridge was purchased by Robert P. McCulloch of Lake Havasu, Arizona in 1968 for 2.4 million dollars, where it still stands today.
k7k5 TIL that Indian government sets up a polling booth in a forest full of lions for a single voter.
naL9 TIL in 1750 a fully automated scale-model clockwork town was built in Austria, with 200 moving figures all replicating the activities of various townspeople - and it’s still working today, 260 years later!
gMWrW TIL Operation Cottage, where the Japanese won with no troops present and the Allies suffered 313 casualties.
R7vxa TIL No more stinky socks if someone invents shoe insoles made with copper