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TIL Taco Bell has special restaurants labeled cantina that sells alcoholic drinks

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wLo7W TIL that the ADE 651; an inert rod of metal with a plastic hinge, was sold as a bomb detector. It was used by the militaries of Iraq, Afghanistan and more than a dozen other countries for years before anyone noticed that it did nothing at all.
WMmo TIL key parts of our ability to process and synthesize new information shut down whenever we’re confronted with something we disagree with.
GjK7 TIL in WWII the wife of a Russian Officer found out her husband was killed in action and wrote a letter to Stalin stating: She build a tank, wants revenge on “the fascist dogs”, Stalin’s permission for her to be sent to the frontline and to name her tank ‘FIGHTING GIRLFRIEND’. Stalin said yes.
logvG TIL The first expedition by two members of the French Academy of Sciences to determine the circumference of the Earth (and thereby the length of the meter) was hampered by the French Revolution, and the second one by the Napoleonic wars
Z8W7R TIL a 2014 study found out that out of 24 late-model pickup trucks studied only two, the 2014 Ram 3500 and Ford F-450, both with dual rear wheels, were able to have their beds filled with water without overloading.