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TIL The government of Dubai pays it’s citizens 2 grams of gold for every Kg of weight they lose.

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8eRaV TIL about Robert Rogers, who led Roger's Rangers, precursor to the US Army Rangers, during the French & Indian War, . During the American Revolution, Rogers is best known for remaining loyal to the British, after George Washington had him arrested, and later identifying Nathan Hale as a spy.
x6Z7 TIL Just after WWII, multiple short wave radio stations located around the world appeared. These stations transmit letters and numbers, presumably to spies and still operate today.
5YEwR TIL a man from Colombia developed non-human cancer from a tape worm living inside him.
09Dv TIL That Wombats poop cubed shape bricks
QJLLp TIL The KGB Shipped a Sidewinder Missile by Mail to Moscow - It Cost $79.25