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TIL that the Indian military has decided to use the world’s hottest chili (ghost chili) as a weapon

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woyy1 TIL Vehicular traffic has been blocked from Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House since 1995 , following a Secret Service recommendation made after the Oklahoma City bombing
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