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TIL that abandoned buses from the U.S.A. are being used as public transportation in The Philippines by millions of people everyday.

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QNNBE TIL Royal Marines and allied forces defeated US marines during a five day simulation called Green Dagger. The US asked for a reset halfway through and the Royal Marines went on to control two thirds of the battlefield.
gYL9 TIL ‘Goodbye’ is a contraction of the phrase 'God be with you’, originating in 1580.
njLP TIL that after the CDC published a report in the mid ‘90s that showed a gun kept for protection was more likely to kill the owner or a loved one than an intruder, the NRA lobbied for and got legislation that made it illegal for the CDC to study the health impact of guns.
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