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TIL that NATO made wildly false claims about losses they had inflicted on their adversaries in the Kosovo War, with the real numbers of enemy vehicles destroyed differing from official figures by as much as "3 tanks, not 120; 18 armored personnel carriers, not 220; 20 artillery pieces, not 450"

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16lNW TIL International Women's day is mostly an Eastern Bloc/Asian holiday officially, with only a few western countries going out to celebrate it in an official manner.
jNyjv TIL "The Deer Hunter" in 1978 was the first film to use Oscars as a marketing tool. Being too depressing for the box office, it did screenings for film critics and Academy members. It gained nine nominations and won Best Picture, and then that was used to make it a commercial success.
5VOWD TIL Tootsie Roll Industries produces a giant one-pound version of a Sugar Daddy which has 1928 kcal.
p8VJG TIL during a simulated military exercise in the Persian Gulf, the opposing force wiped out the US fleet in just 2 days using low tech strategies. The rules of the exercise were subsequently changed to ensure an overwhelming US victory was the final result.
MemDK TIL: The common claim that the majority of soldiers in WW2 never fired their weapons or deliberately aimed above the enemy's heads (because they did not want to kill) is based on now-discredited research.