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TIL Russia didn’t consider beer to be an alcoholic beverage until 2011. Before then it was classified as a soft drink.

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WAWd TIL that Miami Police Department uses fixed microphones throughout the city and a special software to automatically pick up any gun shots and triangulate their origin to a couple of meters accuracy. Allowing them to immediately dispatch Officers there.
VMDMp TIL that birds' navigational abilities may result from quantum mechanics. This theory suggests that the entanglement of 2 electrons on molecules in their eyes helps them detect Earth's magnetic field
D10DD TIL: with regards to health, obesity is a far more widespread threat than malnutrition.
90KG TIL A free kitchen operated by volunteers in India serves 100,000 hot meals a day, and has been for over 300 years.
yVYl8 TIL the Whitworth rifle, used during the Civil War, is considered the first "sniper rifle", accurate at distances up to 1800m (2000 yd) when equipped with a 4x scope