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TIL Men in India receive a free gun licence if they get a vasectomy

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47Ww TIL that a German officer in WWII ordered his soldiers to hold fire to allow the rescue of an American soldier who stepped on a landmine. When no one came the officer went to rescue the soldier but stepped on a landmine himself.
m1pEE TIL the Oktoberfest has had a mobile CT scanner at it's medical center since 2022 to distinguish between patients having TBIs and just being drunk
x6APB TIL: North Korea had a covert cargo ship named the Chong Chon Gang, which was a front to conduct illicit activities around the world such as smuggling. It was chased by pirates in 2009, detained by Ukraine and Egypt in 2010, and seized by Panama in 2013. The NK gov paid $700k to release it.
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LkvbV TIL that though built in a classic Greco-Roman style in 1884, the entire exterior of the High Court in Bangalore, India, is painted flaming red.