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TIL the US spent an estimated 50,000 rounds of M-16 ammo per enemy kill during the Vietnam War.

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EgQZ0 TIL many navies around the world through history have a ritual to "celebrate" crossing the equator as an initiation for those doing it for the first time.
AD0ew TIL the Manhattan Project was leaked 1500 times during WWII
ANw0n TIL Senator Mark Kelly (former astronaut) has an identical twin who confusingly also was an astronaut
QJb9p TIL Queen Elizabeth was a mechanic in WWII
5P5n TIL Kevin Smith protested his own film Dogma when it came to his small town in NJ. Local media interviewed him but he refused to identify himself.