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TIL the US government utilized weather warfare during Vietnam

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7rYZP TIL - Mexico was the second deadliest country after Syria in 2016, and 2017 numbers are expected to be even higher.
graRD TIL that in 1976, when the NBA was merging with the ABA, Ozzie and Daniel Silna turned down an offer to sell their ABA team for $3.3 million. Instead, they negotiated a deal to receive a share of the NBA media rights in perpetuity. Through this deal they eventually earned about $800 million.
eeob TIL Video Games were initially called “Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Devices” which were used by the Military.
epdjn TIL France has its longest border towards Brazil.
x61e5 TIL Most of North America's earthworms are not native, the native earthworms were killed of by an ice sheet around 10000 years ago. Most earthworms in North America today were descended from those introduced by settlers in the 18th century.