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TIL about the Operation Flicker - Child Porn investigation at the Pentagon.

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awjYy TIL that the Soviet Union women's rugby team sold smuggled vodka to pay for their 1991 World Cup expenses and Customs didn't issue any enforcement due to a language barrier
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QJeYa TIL there are at least 27 methods for counting with fingers around the world. Luca Pacioli even devised a way to count up to 10,000 with both hands.
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