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TIL China does not have it’s own army. The ‘Chinese army’ is actually the military arm of the Communist Party.

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x6QBg TIL Getúlio Vargas, Brazil's dictator who got overthrown after WW2, was fairly reelected president in 1951. However, a political crisis in 1954 ended with Vargas shooting himself in the chest.
LQowv TIL that Donald Sutherland battled rheumatic fever, hepatitis, and poliomyelitis in his childhood.
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W7Ov9 TIL the early american jet used for ground-strike missions in Korea, the F-84 "Thunderjet" had a pilot's myth associated with it. It was said it had a ground-sniffer and would only take-off if it could smell dirt. As such, pilots suggested carrying bags of dirt to make her take off on a shorter run.