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TIL the sock puppet Lamb Chop is a three-star general in the US Marines

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p8nOA TIL I learned of the Na people, a matrilineal society where women are in charge and "walking marriages" are practiced: women are free to initiate sexual relationships with one or more men, and any children born from these unions are cared for by the woman's brothers.
9wLgp TIL a computer programme called ePuzzler was developed in Germany to automatically piece together the documents the Stasi tried to shred after the fall of the Berlin wall based on torn edge characteristics, font and colour
D1R8r Today I learned about Richard Overton, who in 1991 sued Anheuser-Busch (a liquor producer) for $10,000 because he wasn't getting more attractive women to like him after drinking beer, as he was shown in one of their ads.
NXm6e TIL globular clusters were thought to be stars until the 1700s, proved the Sun is far from the Milky Way’s center, and are among the oldest objects in the universe, yet have unclear origins.
R5m04 TIL Galaxy watches can measure body fat amounts by sending a low electric current through your arm.