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TIL that in the event of a U.S. military draft, members of the Florida State Guard (a state-level Civil Defense organization) are immune from conscription

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kB6d TIL that the Japanese Type 99 bolt action rifle used in WW2 featured anti-aircraft sights for leading planes
MKn8 TIL When identical twins procreate with another set of identical twins, their offspring are both genetic siblings and social cousins
pZXA TIL that the Go-Go’s were the first, and to date only, all-female band that wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to have an album reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart with their 1981 debut album “Beauty and a Beat”
Oo0y6 TIL that, while public nudity in Ancient Greek society was not uncommon, exposure of the penis head was seen as extremely undignified, with many athletes choosing to tie their foreskin shut using a leather strap during events.
Lv5V TIL When asked, after 50 years of research, what he knew about the reason people sleep, William Dement, founder of Stanford University’s Sleep Research Center, answered, “As far as I know, the only reason we need to sleep that is really, really solid is because we get sleepy.”