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TIL I learned about the State Partnership Program (SPP), a program in which U.S states partner up with one or two foreign countries by sending their respective National Guards to assist with training and humanitarian aid (Ex: California and Ukraine, Illinois and Poland, Texas and Egypt, etc).

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4XOBN TIL Imperial China was the first nation to implement a system for civil service examination, testing knowledge from History to Military subjects. The British East Company got interested and used it for their admissions. Now, its the base model for similar exams throughout western nations to this day
VRPD TIL that 9 percent of the Burger King’s eggs and 20 percent of its pork are cage-free. And it costs an extra 25 cents to 40 cents per dozen to produce cage-free eggs.
rR0No TIL that the longest single "conflict" was the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years War, allegedly between the Netherlands and the Isle of Scilly, extended by a lack of a peace treaty for 335 years, without a shot ever being fired.
e08g5 TIL when Eva Peron died at 33, her body was embalmed and put on display. After a military coup it was lost for 16 years, until it was found in Italy and returned to her husband who kept it in his dining room. Upon his death, both corpses were displayed together briefly before finally being buried.
KJd4 TIL that three men were arrested for attempting to steal Elvis Presley’s remains for ransom. This is why his body, along with his mother’s, was moved to Graceland where they are monitored by security.