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TIL that in the 1960s, the Soviet Union sent snowplows instead of tractors to Guinea to win them over and that the US government sent parkas to help the government of the Philipines instead of emergency medical military aid during the Reagan era.

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OXnL TIL Canada bought a license to produce a fighter the US no longer wanted, and it ended up being so successful as a ground attack aircraft that nobody was able to catch one during more than 20 years of NATO exercises. They won first or second place in nearly every exercise they participated in.
wLymM TIL that Noshir Gowandia, one of the prinicipal designers of the B-2 bomber is serving time for espionage.
KEd9 TIL when asked about his participation in ‘JAWS : The Revenge’, Michael Caine famously replied “I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.”
aoYA TIL that when Socrates was sentenced to death, he was asked to propose an alternate sentence befitting the crime, and proposed that they instead serve him dinner at the town hall.
8a5mb TIL that vegetable oil can be used to power cars with a diesel engine.