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TIL the Singaporean military was established by Israel

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4X4mb TIL In Asia some people commit suicide by ingesting a large amount of soy sauce.
nevL7 TIL the film inside the SR-71’s camera was five inches wide and two miles long. Once a SR-71 returned, the photo-maintenance division removed the film and cut it into 500-foot long segments. Then they would put on surgical gloves and go up and down the lines, inspecting this massive roll of film.
w17 TIL all White Tigers found in captivity come from one named Mohan found in India in the 1950s.
QN8NE TIL that Microsoft has developed an underwater data center powered by renewable energy sources and cooled by the natural temperature of the ocean water. The experiment, called "Project Natick," was conducted off the coast of Scotland in 2018.
yxje TIL For every Navy Seal, there are ~1000 imposters who claim to have served in the US Navy Seals.(28:30 onwards)