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TIL that there are more slaves today than at any other point in history.

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LQPkQ TIL that F-111s conducted the longest fighter mission in history in 1986 as a result continental european NATO members closing the airspace to the US Air Force.
aWKL TIL that USMC Scout Sniper training includes having to move within 200 yards of an observation post and shoot at it twice without being spotted, the second shot with an indicator within 10 yards of the sniper. To pass the course you have to remain unseen at least twice.
v1ekR TIL in 1956 two young girls who were obsessed with Elvis Presley went missing after going to see "Love Me Tender" for the 15th time. Elvis was so concerned that he issued a public appeal over the radio pleading with them to be “good Presley fans and go home and ease their mother's worries".
LkmM0 TIL In 1980, SEAL Team Six was formed and numbered right after SEAL Team Two to make Russian analysts believe there 3 more teams and overestimate US special forces.
QNQ6M TIL Ranulph Fiennes, named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the worlds greatest living explorer, was an SAS Captain until being dismissed for secretly attempting to blow up a dam built for the 1967 Doctor Doolittle movie because he didn’t like it