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TIL that NATO dubs India's Brahmos missile the "Widowmaker" for its formidable, nearly unstoppable nature.

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YpbJZ TIL about “Anti-Japan Tribalism”—a book by professor Lee Young-Hoon— that argues the official history of the ROK is based on false narratives and that a number of South Korean scholars, journalists, activists, and politicians have been active in creating and spreading anti-Japanese sentiments & lies
yZXJ TIL the same voice actor portrayed Chief Quimby in Inspector Gadget, Mr. Wilson and Ruff in Dennis the Menace, Egon Spengler, Destro, Pepe Le Pew in Space Jam, The Brain, Salem in Sabrina, the Narrator in Johnny Bravo, Master Fung in Xiaolin Showdown, Morbo + Kif in Futurama, and the King in Frozen.
l7eMa TIL that after William Shepherd became an astronaut, a rumor spread that during a NASA interview, the Navy SEAL answered a question on what he did best by saying "kill people with knives". Shepherd refused to confirm or deny, saying that "it's too good a story".
4kml6 TIL that in 1918 the USGS determined the geographic center of the contiguous United States by balancing a cardboard cutout of the country and determined it to be accurate within 20 miles.
X4YR TIL that some fruit spreads use 3 different types of sweeteners. Why 3? Because if the company used only 1, it would have to list “sugar” as the first item on the ingredient list. By spreading the impact over three sweeteners, it can push fruit to the top of the list and hide the sweeteners below.