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TIL that an outlaw isn't any mere criminal, but rather a criminal who has been sentenced to be "outside of the protection of the law". He has no right to trial, and can be killed or persecuted by anybody.

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M7rj0 TIL about Daniel Daly who was awarded the Medal of Honor twice and was nominated for a third for his actions in WW1. He was denied his third Medal of Honor but was instead awarded with Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Cross, and the French Médaille Militaire
N7OMb TIL there is a monument in Canada commemorating the 14th division of Hitler's SS.
O8KX TIL that George Bush’s Wikipedia page is the number one most controversial Wikipedia page as determined by the amount of times that someone changed something on the page only to have someone else come and change it back to the previous wording.
Oo5RY TIL that every resident of Alaska receives ~$2,000 a year because of a payout from an oil wealth trust fund.
LkgV0 TIL that the Russian space agency decided to turn an old space suit into a satellite. The result looked like an astronaut stranded in outer space.