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TIL the U.S. Department of Defense spent $41.6 million on Viagra and $84.24 million total on drugs for erectile dysfunction in 2014. Less than 10% of prescriptions were for troops, the rest went to retirees or family members covered by military health plans.

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R5K1w TIL about the 1st Special Service Force, aka the “Devil’s Brigade” – a US-Canada joint unit composed during WWII and the first modern special forces. They fought and died together during the most dangerous allied deployments of WWII, and suffered a casualty rate of up to 77%.
7g1P TIL in 1990 a sitcom aired called ‘Heil Honey I’m Home’ featuring fictionalized versions of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun. It was cancelled after one episode.
mkmy TIL that gladiators were probably fat due to a high-energy vegetarian diet, which included calcium-rich ash. This fatty layer helped protect them from otherwise-lethal wounds.
rR4V4 TIL that someone unsuccessfully sued Pepsi because they would not give him an Harrier Jet after raising 7 million “Pepsi points”, equivalent to $700000 dollars in 1996.
LA9p TIL - Scientists can accurately recover sound in a video that has been recorded without audio, just by observing the micro-vibrations of inanimate objects in that video.