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TIL that the three highest paid employees of the Department of Defense are Football coaches for the Military, Navy, and Air Force Academies, with one making $1.6mil in 2012.

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Z8VxQ TIL of Digby Tatham-Warter, A British Army officer who often carried an umbrella into battle during WW2. He once disabled a German armoured car by poking the driver in the eye with it.
BE0d TIL there is an entire movie made from the deleted scenes of “Anchorman” called “Wake Up Ron Burgundy The Lost Movie”
0dM4N TIL of the Pratfall Effect, where highly competent individuals tend to become more likeable after committing mistakes while average-seeming individuals tend to become less likeable even if they commit the same mistakes.
b9MgN TIL the city of Baikonur is located in Kazakhstan but rented by Russia for its space program.
e0bNE TIL Teddy Roosevelt once had his boat stolen by three armed thieves. With the help of two friends he built a new boat and personally tracked down and captured the thieves.