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TIL the combined wealth in the world is $360 trillion.

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v1Ev8 TIL that German WWI ace German pilot Oswald Boelcke was so respected by his peers that the British Royal Flying Corps dispatched an aircraft to drop a wreath over his home airfield. He was so influential that his dogfighting tactics are still used today in modern aerial warfare.
yVWX TIL ancient Egyptian kings would avoid drinking wine because of its resemblance to blood, believing that it was the blood of those who battled the gods and lost - which is why drinking it temporarily drove people out of their senses and made them a little crazy.
jNAVQ TIL: A member of the Canadian Armed Forces holds the record for the longest confirmed kill shot at a distance of 3,540 meters or just over 2 miles.
VLlD TIL, the pointy bullet used by modern militaries is called a spitzer, a shortening of the german word for “pointy bullet”.
J1gLl TIL that the term “kid gloves” comes from the soft leather of young goats typically being used for gloves.