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TIL Sec. 1021 allows the president of the United States to militarily detain U.S. citizens without due process,

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b60Z7 TIL U-570 was a WW2 German U-boat that achieved the unusual distinction of surrendering to an aircraft when a British Hudson Bomber struck her with depth charges in 1941. She was then commissioned into the Royal Navy as the HMS Graph until being decommissioned and wrecked off Scotland in 1944.
M76yK TIL Japanese Unit 731 did human experimentation on Chinese victims
b6r40 TIL that France's national football teams biggest loss ever was a 17-1 defeat to Denmark in the 1908 London Olympics. Danish footballer Sophus Nielsen scored 10 of them, and he was the first player ever to score 10 goals in a official national team match.
6EamY TIL Fox scents are so potent that they can force a building evacuation
0dZNv TIL that pregnancies at the age of 35+ are considered "geriatric pregnancies."