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TIL that in 2008, a computer simulation of a China vs. America war was run. The U.S. lost.

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0p0p TIL the flight number ‘191’ has been associated with many aviation accidents over the years. Today, many airlines no longer used the flight number.
pdkA TIL that Nazi monuments were built of special materials so they would make aesthetically pleasing ruins
d86W9 TIL that in 2004, researchers were exploring using sugar, specifically glucose, as fuel for an ecologically friendly automobile.
kgj4 TIL a member of the WWII Canadian forces, Leo Major, single-handedly captured 93 Nazi’s at once, and liberated a town in the Netherlands on his own as well.
V9Mm TIL Robert De Niro Sr., father of the famous actor, was an abstract expressionist painter whose work has been collected in many museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Whitney in New York City.