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TIL Canada has a Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve
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TIL That early model M-16s were so prone to jams and malfunctions, mostly due to the failure to ship them with cleaning kits and ammunition which fouled the operating mechanism, that the US military produced a comic book detailing proper field stripping instructions for the weapon.
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TIL Legoland employees are referred to as “model citizens”
KOeD6
TIL: One Hollywood movie studio complex was used only by the US military for making secret films --mostly editing footage of nuclear weapons tests. The activities of the so-called "Lookout Mountain Air Force Station" ended in 1969, but remained largely unknown to the public until the 1990s.
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TIL: The Mercedes-Benz SLS has explosive bolts that separates the doors from the car for easy exit during a serious accident.
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TIL that bloodhound´s sense of smell is so accurate, it can be used as evidence in court. Apparently they can follow tracks over 130miles. That’s just crazy