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TIL After nearly 100 years of service the M2 .50 caliber machine gun is being upgraded and replaced with the new M2A1.

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VPMp TIL that over 1700 words we use today were invented by Shakespeare, including words like “gossip”, “elbow” and “addiction”.
orOr TIL that as a youth, George R.R Martin wrote stories about a mythical kingdom in which his pet turtles resided; he decided, since the turtles frequently died in their toy castle, that they were the victims of “sinister plots” designed by the others. Game of Turtles, indeed.
ZEW4 TIL spiked dog collars were originally made to protect dog’s necks when attacked by wolves.
XEkLk TIL that in the city of Iruma, Japan keeps track of their elderly citizen who have dementia by having placing a waterproof QR sticker on their fingernails or toenails
jPYv TIL Bacon affects the brain the same way as cocaine and heroin, overloading pleasure centers in the brain and requiring increasing amounts to be satisfied.