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TIL Beer cans used to be 40% thicker and way stronger, which is why we see people crushing beer cans as a display of strength in older movies

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XdQ8 TIL South Korea has been blasting “Gangnam Style” on repeat across the DMZ at North Korea since January and have stated they won’t stop until North Korea hands over their nuclear weapons.
e8kE TIL the largest battle during the American War of Independence happened at Gibraltar. Despite having less than a third of the soldiers Spain had, it was a decisive British victory. They had 333 people killed in comparison to Spain’s 6000+
ManA TIL that during filming of Rocky, Sylvester Stallone suffered bruised ribs and Carl Weathers a broken nose, the opposite of what their characters in the film recieved
NXeeM TIL Carbonara didn't exist before WWII and likely came from US Military supplies of eggs and bacon in Italy during WWII.
neNgr TIL if an expensive watch makes an easily audible ticking noise, it's most likely fake.