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TIL until 2011 in Russia anything under 10% alcohol was considered foodstuff and not alcoholic

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RaBQ TIL the cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars includes at least 253,330 brain injuries, 1,700 amputations, and 6,656 deaths on the U.S. side alone.
m5RO TIL Buttload is an unit of measurement
kJJZ4 TIL The first military plane ever was used in 1909 and had 40 hp.
wo8LJ TIL I Learned about RAS Syndrome, a term used to highlight when we redundantly use an acronym and one or more of their words together, such as 'ATM Machine' or 'PDF Format'
nwx7 TIL The first Atomic bomb dropped on Japan was assembled while the aircraft was actually in flight, because bombers kept crashing and burning on the runway. It took them 25 minutes to assemble the weapon while in flight.