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TIL there have been over 2,000 nuclear bombs dropped on the world since 1945.

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9YOeG TIL during the Christmas truce of the great war in 1914, German and British troops held a football match in no man's land. Germans won 3-2.
a8pLZ TIL Marriage rates in the United States have declined 60% over the past 50 years
e5lL TIL that after John Oliver made fun of POM, they sent him a crate full of their product to say “Shove it up your ass”.
grmlW TIL Calvin Coolidge called Americans and Russians "traditional friends" in his first radio address in December 1923. The Russian Empire supported the Patriots in the American Revolution, and the Union in the US Civil War in the 1700s-1800s.
Wo9B TIL the NFL will hold a ‘disaster draft’ should a disaster, or near-disaster occur to a team. The NFL defines the word 'near-disaster’ as less than 15 player casualties; the word 'disaster’ as greater than 15 player casualties. There are similar provisions for other sports leagues.