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TIL that military snipers carry what is often called a “dope book. Dope is an acronym for: Data On Previous Engagements.

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EgxKo TIL about the "Patty Wars". When Jamaican Beef Patty vendors were discovered in Toronto in 1985, the government attempted to ban them from using "Beef Patty" in the name. This led to an huge uproar, and it was eventually settled with an agreement to identify the food simply as a "Jamaican Patty."
J8Vm TIL author George Burns wrote a book called “How to live to be 100”. He was born in 1896 and died in 1996.
6EXkW TIL the city of Houston, Texas has a program where they train citizens to write tickets for handicap parking violations. After taking a course in proper procedure, you are given the authority to ticket anyone you see parked in a handicap spot without a placard.
xgjk TIL that it would take 8 years of yelling at a cup of coffee to heat it
Z8Vb4 TIL that Charlie Chaplin was criticized because he did not volunteer during the First World War. Although he registered for the U.S. draft, he received thousands of white feathers and angry letters. It was later revealed that he was rejected because he was undersized and underweight.