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TIL: China used RPGs to disperse rain clouds during the olympics

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BbyL TIL that the Russians dropped booby-trapped toys on Afghanistan so that Afghan children without arms or legs wouldn’t be able to fight the Soviets in the future
xdk TIL that the Romans had all the necessary mechanical devices to build a steam engine
OGnKa TIL the aptly named HMS Revenge (1577), after being captured in battle, perished in a storm near the Azores. An estimated 200 Spanish sailors who captured it were lost.
9Omm TIL 16% of cell phones are contaminated with E. coli bacteria from fecal matter.