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TIL The second largest Air Force in the world is the US Navy

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OGZ54 TIL about an ancient African tradition where a murderer was punished by an assassin running into him with a spear which had meat on it. The murderer kept his mouth open. The murder victim's family decides if the murderer is killed by the spear or fed the meat (forgiven)
4k4bw TIL James Salisbury, inventor of the Salisbury steak, was a physician during the American Civil War. He was convinced that vegetables were responsible for heart disease and mental illness, and that Salisbury steak should be eaten three times a day for bodily defense and weight loss.
awMNZ TIL that Mount Everest has so much garbage and equipment left behind by climbers, that the Government of Nepal now demands that each climber deposit $4,000, which is refundable only if the climber brings down at least 17.6 pounds of trash on his or her way off the mountain.
r7ox TIL Welch’s Grape Juice was originally developed as an alternative to wine at sacrament by the Wesleyan Methodist Church.
nW7xr TIL Holding in a fart can make it leak out of your mouth when exhaling