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TIL the French term for brass knuckles is “Poing Américan” which literally translates to “American Fist”

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d8o88 TIL that that the average ball point pen can write for 900m, BIC (cristal) pens have 2.5km of ink and Selter pens have 4-5km. There is also the Fisher Infinium pen that supposedly will not run out in your life time.
4kn1R Today I learned that Denmark has the largest 4th of July celebration outside of the United States
p8wVO TIL Henry Ford helped industrialize charcoal briquette production with Ford Charcoal, which later became Kingsford
wx5o TIL Afghanistan has cost the U.S. more than the Marshall Plan
mYQY TIL That an Eagle can swim and is something that most of them do, although it is rarely seen