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TIL Germany builds about twice as much cars as the U.S. while paying its workers twice as much

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0wZYM TIL: That the French Army has trained eagles from birth in order to take down drones.
D1BaD TIL Ireland's air force only has 8 turboprop engine combat planes armed with rockets and machine guns.
m1noM TIL about Tōxcatl, an annual Aztec festival which revolved around the sacrifice of a young man who had been impersonating their god Tezcatlipoca since the last Tōxcatl festival, and the selection of a new man to take that role in the year to come
e0yBJ TIL that in 1988, to demonstrate that channeling was a bogus practice, magician James Randi recruited José Alvarez, who pretended to channel a 2,000 year old spirit named Carlos, traveling the world and living like a celebrity. Alvarez continued the charade for years after 60 Minutes exposed them.
MearV TIL jet engines are tested against bird strikes using a "Chicken Gun" that fires dead chicken bodies at them.