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TIL 80% of Japan is considered uninhabitable

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0wpWy TIL Every year, 10 Russian officials travel to US military bases to check that the B-1 bomber cannot carry a nuke, as part of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
VVnG TIL in 16th century China, when the imperial army and navy failed to defeat Japanese pirates, Shaolin monks were dispatched to get rid of them. In one battle, the monks were especially ruthless, killing every single opposing pirate over a ten day period, including one’s wife that tried to flee
7PGr TIL Slinkys were used in the Vietnam war as mobile radio antennas. They would sling the Slinky over branches and extend the range of their radios
XE6K6 TIL despite having killed Captain James Cook for kidnapping their chief, the Hawaiians treated Cook's body as if he was a Chief also, giving him royal funeral rights and turning his bones into a religious icon akin to that of medieval saint relics.
r9wW TIL that the cartoon “Ed, Edd n Eddy” was created on a dare