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TIL Suffixes and prefixes are both kinds of affixes, but there are also nine other categories

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6E7Gm TIL in 1866 Liechtenstein had an army of 80 men and fought during the Austro-Prussian war, they suffered no injuries or deaths and returned home with 81 people because they made a new Italian friend. The army was disbanded soon after and they haven't had an army since.
oB1vL TIL Russia and the United States are only 2 miles apart, and during the winter, you can walk between the two nations. There have been proposals to built highways and high-speed rail connecting Asia and North America the Bering Strait.
nepJo TIL pineapples in the 1700s were worth over $8000 in present-day currency. People would literally rent them to flex at parties.
DQerr TIL our hands and feet wrinkle in water to provide better grip on wet objects
DmwD TIL that in WW2 nine airmen escaped from their planes after being shot down during bombing raids. 8 of these men were captured, tortured, beheaded and eaten. The 9th man was George H. W. Bush