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TIL The United States Marine Corps emblem has a globe showing the western hemisphere, while the Royal Marines emblem has a globe showing (most of) the eastern hemisphere. Between the two, they cover the whole globe.

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oMo8 TIL on 3rd July 1988 the US Navy shot down a civilian passenger flight killing all 290 on board, including 66 children and 16 crew.
7r0nP TIL that the word deer used to refer to all types of animals. This is why languages such as German and Dutch still use the words 'Tier' and 'dier' respectively.
oRnVo TIL Astatine is the rarest naturally-occurring element on Earth with even its "most-stable" isotope having a half-life of around 8 hours! A sample of the pure element cant be assembled as it would be instantly vaporised by the heat of its own Radioactivity! ( Astatos is Greek word for 'unstable' )
GAV9E TIL Gold is so malleable that it can be flattened to .0001 inches thick or three microns. For reference the thickness of a sheet of paper is, on average, about .004 inches.
Op4L TIL: The Pentagon orchestrated analysts presented to the media as independent to give favorable coverage to the US war on Iraq and conditions at Guantanamo Bay. Most the analysts even had financial ties to contractors in the war.