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TIL When billions of dollars in aid flowed to Afghanistan, the money was used to commission an airline to shuttle around UN officials and hire chauffeurs, rather than build local infrastructure or public services

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M7bRb TIL when the studio refused to meet Sienna Miller's pay request to star in the film 21 Bridges, Chadwick Boseman gave her part of his salary in order meet her number because he said "that's what you should be paid".
e0np5 TIL that the harder you throw an 18th century Tomahawk, the slower it rotates. Applies to knives too.
neexd TIL That in 1930 a man and his 150 year old pet turtle went over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survived the initial fall, to only suffocate after being stuck under the falls for 18 hours. The Turtle survived the entire ordeal.
Brg9W TIL: That the Davy Crockett nuclear device was one of the smallest nuclear weapon systems ever built and was designed to be shot from a recoilless rifle delivering a yield of 10-20 tons TNT equivalent.
1a9D8 TIL that the vas deferens can regenerate (grow back) even if as much as five centimeters (two inches) of it have been surgically removed.