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TIL in the 1950's, the Marines accidentally ordered hundreds of crates of Tootsie Rolls instead of Mortar Rounds.

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R7OXw TIL: In April 2016 A US Soldier Deliberately Cut the Parachutes off Three Airdropped Humvees Destroying all of them as Another Solider Filmed.
V9op TIL Diesel and House Heating Oil are the same fuel. The difference is Heating Oil is dyed red and does not have a road tax applied to it making it cheaper. You can use it in off road machinery but it is illegal to use in a truck or car utilizing public roadways.
gRl7 TIL that a special flight suit called the “2suit” was invented to allow intimacy in space. It was marketed as “one small step for humankind colonizing the universe.”
7rylX TIL that when America declared war on Germany in 1917, the majority of Texas A&M cadets enrolled in class were excused by the university and joined the war effort. “Graduation” was conducted at the cadets’ training facility.
gr6oA TIL in 1941, more than three million cars were manufactured in the United States... only 139 more would be made over the next 4 years of World War II