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TIL the Spartans used cumbersome, impractical iron sticks as currency “so as to discourage the pursuit of wealth”

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4k0Eo TIL that American Indians and Alaska Natives have the highest smoking rate of any racial or ethnic group. Asian-American women are the smallest demographic of smokers, making up only 2.6%.
p5xN TIL that home ownership in Romania is 95.6%, Spain 77.7%, Greece 75.8% while in Germany it’s 52.6% and Switzerland only 44%.
VGJB TIL that “RPG” as in RPG-7 does not stand for “Rocket-Propelled Grenade”, It stands for “Ruchnoĭ protivotankovyĭ granatomet” or “Hand Held Anti-tank Grenade Launcher”
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