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TIL that Elon Musk believes that the United States is “[inarguably] the greatest country that has ever existed on Earth”, describing it as “the greatest force for good of any country that’s ever been” and believes outright that there “would not be democracy in the world if not for the United States”

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kOBg TIL that much like Coca-Cola using cocaine to give their drink an extra kick 7up used to contain lithium to stabilize the mood of the consumer.
neNP TIL in the UK in 2009, a leaflet was issued by the National Health Service in Sheffield carrying the slogan, “an orgasm a day keeps the doctor away”.
JY518 TIL that a pilot and copilot of a flight are adviced not to eat the same meals in case one causes food poisoning.
ej5n TIL the Nazis had helicopters, and even launched them from battleships. BMW was going to mass produce a battlefield version, but the factory was destroyed in a bombing raid
PyNG TIL some have argued that the US legally holds sovereignty over Taiwan due to a peace treaty signed at the end of World War II. In 2006, a group of Taiwanese residents unsuccessfully filed a complain asking for Taiwanese residents to receive US Constitutional rights for this reason.