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TIL that Filipino Martial Arts are considered the most advanced practical modern blade system in the world and are used by the U.S. Army, the Spetsnaz, and various branches of India’s military

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dDZQ7 TIL that Gordon Lightfoot's song, Sundown, was a cautionary tale about his onetime girlfriend, the backup singer Cathy Smith, who was later convicted in the overdose death of the comedy star John Belushi after she injected him with heroin and cocaine in 1982.
QJGe6 TIL Queen Elizabeth’s favorite snack is chocolate biscuit cake and that she has one slice of the cake every single day. Even when she's traveling a supply of the cakes is transported with her.
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