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TIL gangs in China have used armored stealth boats in order to smuggle cars into the country

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8ePR4 TIL that the world's largest snowflake ever recorded was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. It fell in Montana in 1887 and still holds the world record.
QLk TIL that Americans have less sex than everybody else
Oo1rg TIL Dracula was translated into Icelandic in 1901, and it wasn't until 2014 that anyone noticed this version was actually a significantly different novel with a smaller page count and a lot more sex
Pjvn TIL that American soldiers reinforced the idea that their base was “protected by a force field” in Iraq and it worked and lead to less attacks.
EVvW TIL that due to having similar names, the staff of the Slovak and Slovenian embassies meet at least once a month to exchange wrongly addressed mail