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TIL in South Korea, earning an Olympic Medal means you avoid a mandatory two-year military service.

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loXgV TIL Leonard B. Robinson, known as the Baltimore Batman after dressing up as Batman and visiting hospitalized children in Baltimore, was killed in a car crash after his car broke down on the high way.
nWBJG TIL the James Webb Space Telescope captured an eruption of water vapor that punched 6K miles (9.5K km) out into space from a geyser on the Saturn moon Enceladus. The largest spray of water ever seen in space gave unprecedented insight into how the moon's geysers supply material to Saturn's icy rings
vwo8 TIL Verizon developed a special knife that uses pressurized air to slice through lawns so fiber optic lines can be buried. The tool cuts through grass but does not break sprinkler pipes and gas lines.
a8PmN TIL Napoleon had planned an invasion of the UK but it was never carried out. Preparations were financed by the sale of the Louisiana territory to the US which the US financed with a loan from a British bank, so Britain was indirectly funding an invasion of itself.
EZRV TIL that infants will naturally and automatically (not much muscular control) dance to music - and make themselves happy by doing it.