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TIL that the Discovery Channel and its related brand is a popular fashion line in East Asia

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Y7G8d TIL of the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War - a bloodless war between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly that lasted from 1651 until peace was officially declared in 1986
Qoe6 TIL The lethality of a bullet fired into the air is the only Mythbusters myth that was given all 3 ratings of Busted, Plausible & Confirmed.
4NMo TIL The oldest known beer advertisement comes from Elba, Mesopotamia nearly 4,000 years ago and features a woman with enormous breasts holding two large goblets and saying “Drink Elba, the beer with the heart of a lion.”
p86BO TIL that the military version of TL;DR is BLUF (bottom line up front)
Lk6r0 TIL that the United States Airforce maintains a fleet of Boeing E4-B “Doomsday” planes. They are capable of being airborne for a week, costs nearly $160,000 per hour for the Air Force to operate, and have a 5 mile long trailing wire antenna to communicate with nuclear subs.