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TIL In the KATUSA program Korean men can serve their mandatory two year military service as a soldier in the United States Army

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nM1W TIL that Germany during WW2 dropped on Britain propaganda leaflets showing Churchill carrying a machine gun, calling him a “gangster” who encouraged murder. The leaflets stopped when the Nazis realized that they made the prime minister more popular in the UK.
0wkxR TIL in 1967, the Nigerian Civil War was halted for 48 hours so that both sides could watch Pelé play in Lagos.
ZakB TIL a California liked to hike in a canyon occupied by a bear family. One day he was attacked by a mountain lion and was saved when the mother bear ran to his defense.
gKQD TIL the longest golf drive ever recorded goes to Russian astronaut Mike Lopez-Alegria. In 2004 he used a 6-iron to strike a ball one-handed while tethered to the International Space Station. NASA predicts the ball will fly approximately 1 million miles before disintegrating into Earth’s atmosphere.
GYAJN TIL: There are official rules for calling shotgun.