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TIL most German schools do not have uniforms since it reminds Germans of the nazi youth

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BrPeW TIL that if you get a doctorate in Finland, you get a special doctoral hat and sword.
xV0mg Today I learned that Shakespeare signed his name a number of different ways, and only more recently did people settle on the accepted spelling
PYX6L TIL in 2002, a class action lawsuit was filed against the Association of American Medical Colleges for colluding to overwork and underpay residents (trainee doctors). The suit was dismissed in 2004 when Congress snuck a clause into a Pension bill exempting the AAMC match program from antitrust laws.
8eAAb TIL the Steamboat Bertrand, which sank in 1865, while carrying cargo up the Missouri River to Montana Territory. It was rediscovered in 1968 with half of its cargo being recovered. The cargo makes up the largest intact collection of Civil War-era artifacts in the United States.
AMd TIL that 50% of the worlds golf courses are in the United States