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TIL the F-22 Raptor has a Radar Cross-Section (RCS) similar to a swarm of 10 to 50 insects

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DK9J TIL that a study of herbal supplements found that one-third showed outright substitution, meaning there was no trace of the plant advertised on the bottle — only another plant in its place.
ZpdpQ TIL South Africa has 3 capital, the reason is that there is one for each branch of the government in the country and the government is divided into three different branches
GQOJ TIL that in 986, Vladimir the Great, audited the major religions before choosing one to unify Russia. Apparently he decided against adopting the Muslim faith because “Drinking is the joy of the Rus’, we can’t go without it”.
R5mka TIL that on April 1, 1974, a prankster named Oliver “Porky” Bickar set fire to hundreds of old tires in the crater of Alaska's Mount Edgecumbe. Black smoke billowing from the crater convinced nearby Sitka residents that the volcano had erupted, until the prankster wrote “April Fool” on the volcano.
eVrn TIL In late 1918, A British Soldier Serving in France encountered a wounded German Corporal in No Mans Land, and raised his rifle to shoot him. The two men caught eyes, and nodded, than the British Private lowered his rifle, and let the German go. That German soldier was Adolf Hitler.