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TIL That the Laws of War allow soldiers to wear an enemy’s uniform, but does not allow them to engage in combat while wearing the uniform.

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r9gM TIL: The FBI testified to “100% certainty” of finger print match of an innocent man (and how little science is involved in forensic “science”).
1KmO TIL on January 22, 1943, the temperature in Spearfish, South Dakota, changed from -4°F to 45°F in just two minutes, setting a world record. This was caused by a Chinook wind, which increased the temperature eventually up to 54°F before dying down, dropping the temperature back to -4°F.
KOLbJ TIL that the rumbling sound your belly makes when you're gassy is called borborygmus
ep7vJ TIL in 1983 Apple released the first commercial computer with a mouse and graphical user interface, ideas based largely or solely on technologies from Xerox in exchange for the chance for Xerox to buy 10,000 shares of Apple at $10 apiece.
MZbm TIL that there is a complete ban on women, and even female animals, entering the peninsula of Mount Athos in Greece, due to the peninsula being home to 20 monasteries