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TIL Nazi Germany spent 50% more on the V2 rocket program than the U.S. did on the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb

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8ebmL TIL male dragonflies have two penises, and one of them is used to scoop out another male’s sperm from the female they want to mate with
v1d0r TIL the U.S. military is the largest purchaser of explosive devices in the world. The second largest purchaser is The Walt Disney Company.
j9pX TIL that blind people smile even tho they have never seen anybody else smile. Smiling is due to our human genes and not the learning in our youth
R7ryQ TIL: Doctors in Italy fabricated a fake disease to fool the Nazis into avoiding local Jews. They brought them to the Hospital and called it Syndrome K (named after Nazi commander), warning soldiers that it was extremely contagious.
W7yRN TIL they used to give out cigars for carnival prizes, hence the term "close, but no cigar" when you would lose.