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8aag8 TIL that in 1989, the Soviet Union traded PepsiCo seventeen submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer for almost $3 billion worth of Pepsi, making PepsiCo the sixth most powerful military at the time.
nGb9 TIL that one of the largest bats in the world, the golden-capped fruit bat, with a wingspan of 5.6 feet, does not posses echolocation. It instead relies on its keen senses of sight and smell to locate food, usually traveling more than 25 miles for it. The species is now facing extinction.
9wndQ TIL about augury, an ancient Roman divine practise involving the observation of the behaviour of birds to interpret the gods' will. The practise was attempted by Rome's founders, Romulus and Remus, to decide on the city's location, before a dispute over the results saw Romulus kill Remus.
78Qvb TIL that clams can live as long as 500 years.
yOYa TIL In 1960, runner Harry Jerome broke the world record for 100 metre sprint, but it wasn’t counted because Canadian officials didn’t believe a Canadian could run that fast.