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TIL to extinguish the Kuwait oil fires, Hungarian firefighting crews attached 2 MiG engines to a T-34 tank to pump seawater onto the blaze

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16008 TIL: In Laos, as of last year, meth prices dropped to $0.25, making it cheaper than beer. Laos now joins Myanmar and Thailand as having the cheapest meth in the world.
KYVya TIL in the American Civil War, the Union Army used 175,000 lb (80,000 kg) of opium tincture and powder and about 500,000 opium pills
69YW7 TIL that only 20% of the Earth’s deserts are covered in sand
6YxQ TIL that Pakistan is an abbreviation. It stands for Punjab, Afghan Border States, Kashmir, Sind and Baluchistan
myEv TIL that in 2013 a 200-year-old law was removed in Paris that forbid women from wearing pants.