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TIL Russian Salyut Spacecraft carried working machine guns

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D1m0v TIL some people sneeze when they think dirty thoughts
dEEZ TIL - In the late 1980s, Iraq began building the largest artillery piece in history, a gun that could have put satellites into Orbit, and conceivably hit any spot on the planet. However, the mysterious assassination of its Canadian designer, and the first Gulf War, ended the project
nWn5P TIL that Saudi Arabia has no minimum age for marriage, and it is perfectly legal to marry even an hour-old child
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1aPB8 TIL that traditionally, a bachelor party was a farewell dinner - hosted, organized and paid for entirely by the groom. It was seen as his last chance to entertain his friends as a single man, because once married, dinner parties at his home would always then be presided over by his wife