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TIL Texas has its own military force - the Texas State Guard that unlike the Texas National Guard isn’t subordinate to the federal government.

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OG99Y TIL that Chile and England briefly shared the same head of state when, in the 16th century, Mary I of England and her husband Philip II of Spain were made the King and Queen of Chile.
Vedm TIL about Sarajevo Roses; after the siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian war (1992-1995), the craters left by exploding artillery rounds were filled with red resin as a memorial to the 11,000 people who died.
GYVa1 TIL In 2010, Apple soldered RAM in some laptops which prevented upgrades. In 2015, they soldered the SSD in some laptops, also preventing upgrades.
GALr7 TIL on the island of Papua New Guinea, there are a number of species of green lizards that have green bones, green hearts, green tongues, and green blood.
WkA4 TIL Humans evolved not as predators but as prey.