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TIL: Over 25% of enlisted American Troops have a definable mental illness.

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VMZ5p TIL that British merchant seaman in WW2 received no pay from the moment their ship sank. If the seaman was fortunate to survive the sinking, the shipping company regarded it as "non-working time"
MeYLm TIL Daniel Craig has an uncredited cameo appearance as a stormtrooper in 2015's The Force Awakens.
gM7O8 TIL that in Korea, your age corresponds to the year, not when you came out of the womb. Everyone is 1 years old when they are born, and everyone age's up on the 1st of January. Making everyone's "birthday" effectively the 1st of January. This is separated from their "international age".
78Ydr TIL the Scottish town of Stenhousemuir once boasted a unique example of an intact Roman temple. However, it was destroyed in 1743 because the local landowner needed stone to build a dam with.
JBpV TIL for every 1,000 Reddit votes you get, on average 10 come from folks with schizophrenia