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TIL that the US military considers suicide to be a crime, and service members have been sent to prison for attempted suicide.

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mA4v TIL of Flying ace Erich Hartmann. Destroyed 352 enemy planes. Crashed 14 times due to mechanical or debris damage from planes he killed. Never once shot down.
AJbn TIL the Orange Julius grew out of an orange juice stand opened in Los Angeles in 1926 by Julius Freed. People began lining up at the store and shouting, “Give me an Orange, Julius!” Eventually, the new drink would simply be called “the Orange Julius”.
x6v9B TIL a 𐕣 (inverted cross or upside down cross) symbol is also called the Cross of Saint Peter aka The Petrine Cross and is interconnected with the Vatican’s pope papacy prophecy from the Origen of Alexandria found in the "Martyrdom of Peter" dating from circa 200 A.D.
xZo TIL Even in ancient statues Atlas is carrying a round world.
aOR0 TIL - On the last morning of WWI, and with full knowledge of the armistice at 11am, American General William Wright ordered an attack that killed 365 men because he wanted to take a bath.