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TIL According to the FBI gang membership is 50-100 times higher in the US Military than in the general population

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JyXm TIL if everyone lived like a resident of the United States, we would need the resources of 4.5 planet Earths for sustainable supply.
Opwe TIL: In case of a threat, Switzerland has over 3000 demolition points where bridges can be demolished remotely and landslides can cause certain roads to be blocked off.
699P7 TIL about the battle of talas. A battle where the forces of the Abbasid caliphate and the allied Tibetian empire fought against the Tang Dynasty of China for control of sry darya region of Central Asia. The battle ended with a Abbasid victory that marked the end of the Tang westward expansion.
oo5K TIL even though Einstein said “God does not play dice with the universe” He also said. “It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.”
BrAXW TIL that the cleanest things ever made on Earth were the core sample collection tubes for the Perseverance Rover which landed on Mars earlier this year to find life there.