r/todayilearned

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TIL the United States once voted on a treaty that would have annexed the Dominican Republic, with the eventual goal of making it a state

u/cypothingy

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TIL the United States once voted on a treaty that would have annexed the Dominican Republic, with the eventual goal of making it a state

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Santo_Domingo

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TIL Until 2019, male members of the U.S. Marine Corps were not allowed to use umbrellas while in uniform.

u/gullydon

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TIL Until 2019, male members of the U.S. Marine Corps were not allowed to use umbrellas while in uniform.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/11/06/marines-can-now-use-umbrellas-instead-just-holding-them-presidents.html

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TIL that the last soldier of the British Empire to die in WW1 was the Canadian George Lawerence Price who died two minutes before the end of the war.

u/__D__a__n__i__e__l__

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TIL that the last soldier of the British Empire to die in WW1 was the Canadian George Lawerence Price who died two minutes before the end of the war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lawrence_Price

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