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TIL that the first regiments, i.e. military units named as such with a relatively modern organization, started to be formed in the 16th century by private contractors with kings and other state entities. We still have examples of the contracts that were signed for this purpose.

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40XN TIL that Nikon was accused of racist face-detection software - when Asian faces were photographed, a message would pop up on the camera screen asking, “Did someone blink?”
Br5vk TIL since 8-track tapes have a loop-play function, where after the end the tape is played from the beginning once again, the 8-track version of the Pink Floyd album "Animals" was changed for playing on repeat - a guitar solo connecting the first and the last song on the album was added.
grgOy TIL that in 2019, American actor Charles Levin, aged 70, died after his car got stuck in unmaintained wilderness road in Oregon. After trying to free it, he left the car in search of help and fell to his death down a 30-foot (9 m) embankment. The body of his dog, Boo Bear, was found inside the car.
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9wJV6 TIL The native population of the entire continent of Europe is shrinking with no country having a fertility rate at replacement level (2.1 children per woman). France has the highest at 1.79 but all the other most populous Euro countries have rates of between 1.15 and 1.6.