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TIL that out of the roughly 40 countries that have used the RPG-7 rocket launcher, Lithuania is the only one that has stopped using it

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groa7 TIL Human brain was bigger 3000 years ago
awg4b TIL in 1680, the Puebloans of N.M., united by leader Popé, expelled their Spanish oppressors by force for the next 12 years, enabling the natives to preserve their rich culture which still exists today. The Pueblo Revolt is considered the most successful indigneous rebellion in American history.
4kZdw TIL the only known uninterrupted audio of 9/11 is a conversation between a tax consultant and a tax assessor who was being investigated for taking bribes. The consultant, Stephen McArdle, was wearing a wiretap transmitting the conversation to the FBI from the Mariott World Trade Center's cafe.
R7bna TIL Cardiologists do unnecessary heart surgery for profit, sometimes surgically operating on the patient the first time they meet them through hardball sales tactics
15a7 TIL that living in too sterile of an environment can cause the development of allergies.