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TIL that during the cold war the United States developed a rifle capable of firing low-yield nuclear warheads over 4 kilometers.

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4gvR TIL that Russia was once ruled by an impostor who claimed to be Ivan the Terrible’s son. He is now known as “False Dmitry”, and it’s never been certain who he really was.
xVnx0 TIL Dean Norris has played a law enforcement official a lot. He said, “I used to call myself the alphabet actor. FBI, CIA, DEA, You name it, I’ll play it.” In total as of 2015, Norris has played some sort of law enforcement official 35 times.
gY6D TIL : Debeers created the biggest diamond scam in history, by inventing the diamond engagement ring and implementing them into movies to trick the working/middle class into investing in them.
Ojea TIL of abortion doping, the practice of purposefully inducing pregnancy for athletic performance-enhancing benefits, then aborting the unwanted pregnancy.
8evVa TIL that it is illegal to have a conversation across the Norwegian-Russian border