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TIL there’s a a fake bomb detector produced in the UK that has been sold to 20 countries in the Middle East and Far East, including Iraq and Afghanistan, for as much as $60,000 per unit. The fake bomb detector is still in use by police and army in those countries.

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b60RQ TIL the Czech Republic remains the leader in per capita beer drinking for the 29th year. In 2021, the average Czech drank more than 184 liters of beer. In fact, nine of the top 10 consumers of beer per capita are European nations.
7rdQp TIL that when a German noble wanted to marry one of his wife's ladies-in-waiting, he received the approval of Martin Luther to marry her secretly, because divorce is worse than bigamy. After the scandal became public, Luther told him to "tell a good, strong lie" and deny the marriage completely
o1Jr TIL Barbara Lee was the only member of congress to vote no on the AUMF after 9/11 stating “It was a blank check to the president to attack anyone involved in the September 11 events—without regard to our nation’s long-term foreign policy, national security interests, and without time limit.”
R7w09 TIL of Thierville, France, unique in that there is no local war memorial. Starting from the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71, through both World Wars, the First Indochina War (1946-54) & Algerian War (1954-62), all the soldiers from Thierville who took part in those conflicts came home alive.
v1oeD TIL about Sir Upendranath Brahmachari, who saved millions of lives by developing a cure for Kala-Azar in 1920's. He was nominated multiple times for the Nobel Prize in medicine but is not recognized by the government and the people