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TIL: According to Customs and Courtesies of the United States Marine Corps, it is inappropriate to salute "when within sight of the enemy"

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gMnXW TIL In 1975, a cat named F.D.C. Willard co-authored a physics paper that would become influential and often-cited because the author did not want to change the pronoun "we" that had been used throughout the paper. F.D.C. Willard went on to be the sole author of another paper in 1980.
m4Vo TIL that an anime called Ghost Stories did so poorly in Japan, that when it was voiced in English, the voice actors were given free rein on the script. This transformed the script into a hilarious comedy for adults.
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