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TIL Costa Rica has had absolutely no military forces for 64 years

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dNPK TIl that if Apple didn’t hold $181B overseas, it would owe $59B in US taxes
J1dEk TIL that a chain restaurant did not want to move into Taylor County, Florida due to an anti-incest billboard that had the slogan "She's your daughter. Not your date." Some members of the Taylor County economic board wanted it taken down but agreement was made to let it remain until the lease ended.
aw9ry TIL that the US once fed information to the USSR about an extremely deadly nerve gas called "GJ" that was nearly impossible to create. Although initially intended to waste Soviet resources on a wild goose chase, the project to replicate "GJ" ended up producing the now-infamous Novichok agents.
e07Xk TIL Gun suppressors only reduce damage to ear drums. They do not make gunshots silent
v1EX7 TIL that German shoe companies Adidas and Puma were started by two brothers, who became business rivals after an argument drove them apart. They never spoke to each other again.