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TIL the U.S. Air Force is the world's largest air force, while the U.S. Navy is the world's second largest air force

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GYyK7 TIL the Spanish once granted automatic Spanish citizenship to Irish people. Due to their belief that the Irish were a group of ancient Spanairds who left Spain with a Spanish King called Míl Espáine to settle the Island of Ireland.
W61B TIL After the Battle of Waterloo, Nathan Rothschild received the news that the British won against Napoleon 1 day before the British. He cornered the market on bonds and they day the news was divulged, he sold all the bonds he bought to make over a 40% profit making him the richest man in England.
E8ed TIL The last prisoner of war from the Second World War to be repatriated was a Hungarian soldier who was taken prisoner by the Red Army in 1944, then discovered living in a Russian psychiatric hospital in 2000
rNm1o TIL Karey Mullis - the scientist who developed PCR (the technique used to detect viruses like HIV) did not believe HIV existed. He also came up with tbe idea of PCR - which garnered him the nobel prize - by conversing with a glowing alien racoon.
0dwpy TIL The Washington Monument build was halted due to a few reasons, including the civil war. This moment in history is still visible today by the different shading of marble used in the actual build.