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TIL: You can buy a Russian T-72 tank for only $50,000
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TIL that over five million years ago the Mediterranean Sea almost dried up completely (after the closure of the Strait of Gibraltar) and when the strait opened up again it refilled somewhat rapidly in the event know as the Zanclean Flood.
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TIL Switzerland finally dismantled last Cold War-era explosives from a bridge leading to Germany. They built such defenses to protect the country in the time of invasion!
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TIL the chemical that turns your urine blue when you urinate in pools does not exist
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TIL there was an Egyptian Pharaoh whose name in hieroglyphics was a pair of outstretched arms followed by three penises
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TIL during the filming of 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, it became a secret running joke between Tom Holland and Michael Keaton that Keaton would often whisper in a deep voice“I’m Batman” in Tom’s ear on set during a few fight scenes.