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TIL the raft Kon-Tiki journeyed across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands in 1947

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YbAW TIL Millennium Challenge was a major war game exercise conducted by the US military in 2002. The combatants were the US, referred to as “Blue”, and an unknown adversary know as “Red”. After Red’s commander defeated Blue Team using asymmetric warfare, the game was reset and rigged so Blue would win.
wLPNW TIL about The Most Decorated Soldier of All Time "Audie Murphy". He received award for valor available from the U.S. Army, French and Belgian awards for heroism. Murphy received the Medal of Honor for valor that he demonstrated at the age of 19 for holding off an entire German company alone.
P8RZ TIL When the World Cup was hosted in the United States in 1994, they only spent $30 million on infrastructure improvements. For the 2014 World Cup, Brazil will be spending $14 billion.
5r9P TIL: Tapping the top of your motorcycle helmet is the same as flashing your lights at somebody to warn them about cops or speed traps. pass it on
0ddLv TIL in Icelandic folklore there's a creature, called a "Tilberi". A sorceress makes it by combining a dead man’s rib and wool between her legs, and watering it with sanctified wine from three Sunday communions. When it grows, the Tilberi sucks blood from a special nipple on the inside of her thighs.