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TIL Starship Troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five US military branches

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nn6W TIL in 1999 a fisherman found a love letter in a bottle from a soldier in WWI. He returned said letter to the now deceased widows 86 year old daughter.
GDw1 TIL that the veins in your eyes are above your retina and you can actually see their shadows.
KyGR TIL that during the Space Race, NASA turned the creation of a functional spacesuit that could withstand the harsh conditions of space into a competition. It was largely dominated by military contractors. However, Playtex, the bra maker, entered and won the competition.
XgDX TIL Pearl Jam sued Ticketmaster for creating a monopoly on ticket sales. Pearl Jam wanted to charge no more than $18.50 for tickets in ’94, with service fees of no more than $1.80. Ticketmaster balked, saying that it needed at least $2 in fees simply to cover its own costs.
oRYlL TIL in 1947, Kurt Godel discovered a "loophole" in the US constitution that would permit American democracy to be turned into a dictatorship.