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TIL that some Syrian Rebels are fighting with STG-44 rifles manufactured in Nazi Germany.

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GM15 TIL Walt Disney’s original vision for EPCOT was to build a constantly transforming, livable, planned community devoted to the happiness of its residents and that would solve many of the ills of city life. He called it the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, or EPCOT for short.
9wZXD TIL that in section g of the iTunes EULA, Apple specifically forbids you to manufacture a nuclear missile using iTunes.
YPGZ TIL there’s an African rat that chews poison out of a plant and then licks the poison into its spiky mohawk to use for defense. This poison is also used by tribesmen to take down elephants.
p8gXb TIL the island of Okinawa was under US control from 1945 till 1972 when it was returned to Japan
kO9WE TIL, in the 1st century, the first vending machine was created. It lowered the product by using the weight of a coin. What did it sell? that’s right, vials of holy water.