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TIL Germany sold 22 Mig-29 to Poland in 2003 for just 22 €.

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xLDD TIL that ‘Django Unchained’ was the first movie featuring Leonardo DiCaprio in 16 years in which he didn’t get the top billing
ZpAXD TIL about Elmer McCurdy, who was shot and killed after robbing a train in 1911. For the next 65 years, his body was put on display at amusement parks, with his identity being completely forgotten. Eventually, an autopsy was performed, revealing multiple ticket stubs inside the corpse's mouth.
kOYW1 TIL while the CIA is by and large the most well know US spy agency, there exist a second equally large American espionage agency called the DIA. The DIA produces approximately one-fourth of all intelligence content that goes into the President's Daily Brief.
4kXEJ TIL Indianapolis Motor Speedway was originally paved with 3.2 million bricks, it took workers only 63 days to pave the entire circuit.
9ZED TIL that in Canada’s criminal code it is OK for teachers to use force against a child in their care as long as they are between two and thirteen years of age.