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TIL that Democrats were red and Republicans were blue until the year 2000

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KY0L4 TIL that India's Marine Commando Force was equipped with cyanide tipped crossbows as a silenced pistol alternative until the late 1980s.
wpdo TIL The ‘golf ball effect’ that reduces drag on dimpled golf balls also works on a car. So putting dimples all over your car reduces drag and fuel consumption
OGMoX TIL the French Aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is one of the biggest individual producers of baguettes. Originally it could produce 1400 per day, but it was recently upgraded to now make over 2000!
o10W TIL of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who was the president of a Tibetan Buddhist region of West Russia about the size of Austria, and is also the president of the World Chess Organization. He can also speak 6 languages.
7rvQL TIL that due to logging and grazing, the percent of the US state of Vermont covered by forest was just 30% in 1870. Today, that figure is around 78%!