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TIL The state of Texas has its own national guard, including a navy, a marines, an army, and an air militia with a fleet of F-16s

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OG6vg TIL that despite being only 0.3% of the worlds population, Australia has 80% of the worlds poker machines located outside of a casino.
9YRGr TIL Rick Moranis improvised his entire Louis Tully speech in Ghostbusters at his apartment party, none of that was scripted. He decided he'd be a tax accountant and riffed all that gold. "I'm giving this whole thing as a promotional expense, that's why I invited clients instead of friends."
ADy7w TIL that in 2015, a German court ruled that men have a right to pee while standing up, rejecting a landlord's claim that his marble floor had been ruined and leading to the creation of a new German word, "Sitzpinkler" (those who pee while sitting down).
4Mlb TIL that guide dogs for the visually impaired are taught to go to the toilet on command, so that their owners are able to clean it up.
gr9PD TIL that an ancient phallus (20cm-long, 3cm-wide ) was unearthed in Hohle Fels Cave near Ulm in the Swabian Jura. It is thought to be the earliest "sex toy"