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TIL that Norway has world's first all-female special forces unit

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x6VL5 TIL the Butonese a local ethnic group from Indonesia uses the Korean writing system to write their language.
jNRlE TIL that the US Navy used to forbid "obscene" tattoos, which led to a boom in tattoos of nude women among men who didn't want to serve. If they joined the navy later, they had to have a tattoo artist "dress" the woman.
ROyl TIL that when Len Barker pitched a perfect game for Cleveland in 1981, his grandmother said, “I’m very proud of him. I hope he does better the next time.”
4kB6N TIL the Persian Gulf was once a very fertile and inhabited valley having flooded during the start of recorded history during the time of the Sumerians
xVM1B TIL China has a history of using underage athletes in Gymnastics in the Olympics