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TIL China has only navel and air force headquarters but not an army headquarter until 2015

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d81r8 TIL about Eric Morse who was 5 years old when he was murdered by two 11 year olds who threw him out of a window in Chicago
a1Xo TIL from a dictionary why the ancient Greek civilization of Sparta had no walls:“‘the Spartan king Agesilaus simply pointed to his fellow citizens, armed to the teeth, the most formidable soldiers in Greece: 'Here are the walls of the Spartans.’”
R5Dd6 TIL due to the failure of the Boeing 2707, a Concorde competitor, and a downturn in general aviation in the 1970s, Boeing fired 60,000 employees. So many people left Seattle that a billboard was placed near the airport that read "Will the last person leaving Seattle turn out the lights?"
awa7N TIL the United States government invented "Loyalty Day" during the red scare as a countermeasure to May Day, and it is still recognized with an official proclamation every year by every president since its inception as a legal holiday in 1958.
b97ja TIL that Hey Arnold originally started out as a series claymation shorts on Sesame Street