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TIL that the motto for the Air Force Technical Applications Center is “In God we trust, all others we monitor”

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rGwy TIL that Despite never having received naval training or participating in naval combat prior to the war, and constantly being outnumbered and outsupplied, Admiral Yi Sun Shin defeated 333 Japanese ships with only 13 Korean ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
9Z1D TIL Harry Pointer was taking humorous pictures of cats and adding text (ie: the lol cat) in the 1870s
yVLkv TIL that getting water from a war zone (the DMZ) is approved by the South Korean military.
7rBwO TIL that Theodosia Burr Alston, daughter of U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr, disappeared mysteriously at sea in 1812. At age 29 she sailed from Georgetown, South Carolina, aboard the Patriot. The ship and everyone on board was never seen again.
E18pw TIL 33% of millennials buy their first house to give their dog more space, compared to just 19% for a new baby.