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TIL There are no medics in the United States Marines, the US Navy’s Corpsmen take care of wounded Marines.

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jyXv TIL Pakistan has a blasphemy law that doesn’t require corroborating evidence, just the word of one accuser, and has a mandatory death sentence.
8eaPG TIL about Japanese general named Sayaka who believed Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-98) was unjustified and defected over to Korean side, he was given a Korean name (Kim Chung-seon) and were given position in the Korean army as general, he also served in Qing Invasions of Korea later on.
rRP8o TIL that in 1978 Alice Cooper donated $27,000 to help restore the famous HOLLYWOOD sign. He sponsored an O in memory of his friend, Groucho Marx.
v1gVj TIL Gene Roddenberry lost control over Star Trek after TOS
b9pN9 TIL Parasitoid Wasps pierce their pointy stingers into other insects. They lay eggs inside the living hosts, and the wasp hatchings eat their way out of the still-living prey.