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TIL Anyone in the US Military system can send classified evidence of wrongdoing to their congressional representative if reporting it up their chain of command fails to produce results

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YPYA TIL Jason Statham got his first film role, in Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, when Guy Richie spotted him selling dodgy jewellery on the streets of London.
W7kM4 TIL that Nikola Tesla was born around midnight, between July 9 and July 10, 1856 during a fierce lightning storm.
E4nW TIL that lipstick was first used in Ancient Egypt by prostitutes to show their willingness to preform oral sex. (third paragraph to save time)
KODXQ TIL about Drapetomania, a "mental illness" made up in the 1850s to explain why slaves might want to escape
PYMRL TIL Bats Are Very Social Creatures, Sharing Food With Close Friends And Remembering All "Scrooges" In Their Surroundings