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TIL that about 44% of deaths among Russian soldiers are due to suicide after being a victim of a systematic abuse called Dedovshchina

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wo5GM TIL that Coca-Cola is officially available in every country in the world except Cuba and North Korea
OVYY TIL: This floating radar dish has been deployed to North Korea to monitor their next missile test.
8aZyK TIL that Scotchgard was discovered by accident. Patsy Sherman, a chemist at 3M, dropped a chemical substance on one of her shoes while she was trying to develop a rubber material that could stand up to jet fuel. Later, when her shoes got dirty, she noticed that one spot stayed clean
WkmNA TIL that a bridge built in the 90s over the Choluteca River, Honduras was hit by Hurricane Mitch and whilst the bridge survived, the river below it was rerouted and no longer flowed under the bridge.
GYBg1 TIL that until 1999 in Germany, bribes were a tax-deductible business expense, and there were no penalties for bribing foreign officials. The German company Siemens used to engage in bribery in developing countries, where bribery was common, and continued to do so after criminalizing it in 1999.