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g1vL TIL that France is the most successful military power in European history, having won 109 wars, drawn 10 and lost 49
1akQW TIL there are around 2 million different species on our planet** - then that means between 200 and 2,000 extinctions occur every year.????
NVkP TIL in WWII, Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä, (nicknamed “White Death”) sniped over 542 Soviet Soldiers in 100 days, all the while using only his rifle’s iron sights; no scope.
ylEv TIL that in 1982, the arcade video game industry’s revenue in quarters was estimated at $8 billion(equivalent to $18.87 billion in 2012), more then the annual gross revenue of both music ($4 billion) and Hollywood films ($3 billion) combined that year.
Oo1na TIL in the 16th and 17th centuries, English people literally bought their military ranks. In 2020 USD, 130k or so for cavalry, up to 1.6 million for lt. colonel