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TIL Finland has the third largest military in NATO in terms of total military personnel, after US and Türkiye

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R5nb6 TIL that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (author of Sherlock Holmes) took a single wicket during his brief first class Cricket career - that of the famed W. G. Grace - and he was so elated at the achievement that he wrote a poem about it.
xVnE0 TIL the 1975 Ford Custom/LTD not only was the 8th most reliable car in the Consumer Reports surveying of '75 cars, it also was more reliable than any import that wasn't a Toyota or Mercedes-Benz.
nWypo TIL a "lost" 1976 episode of Sesame Street that was reportedly removed from syndication for being too frightening for children resurfaced online in 2019. It starred Margaret Hamilton reprising her role as the Wicked Witch of the West from "The Wizard of Oz."
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69RJl TIL there was a 100$ bill called the superdollar which was used as counterfeit money used by various crime organizations and governments from 1998 until the at least the 2000’s