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TIL Switzerland requires all Swiss males to serve at least 260 days in their military. If a male citizen chooses not to serve, they must pay a special tax of 3 percent of their salary.

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m1kWO TIL about Plastivores. Bacteria, Fungi and even some insects that can break down and de-polymerize all kinds of plastics. Once thought to be rare in nature, Plastivorous activity is being increasingly found in a wide variety of places including sea-water and the Amazon.
0wMAp TIL that the Sonic The Hedgehog (1991) title cards and credits (Everything above the background layer) are off centered by 8 pixels to the left
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8yMP TIL Clarence Earl Gideon after being arrested in 1961 for stealing $5 in change and a few bottles of beer, appealed to the US Supreme Court which established the right to an appointed attorney.
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