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TIL Johnny Appleseed didn’t plant his trees to feed people, he planted them to sell them and get people drunk.

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mxRxY TIL when the US was pressured by China not to sell F-20 fighters to Taiwan, the US allowed General Dynamics to work with Taiwan to jointly develop a comparable fighter, which was later named F-CK-1. (Yes, it's named after the Taiwanese president who initiated the project, but I'm sure r/theyknew!)
5Yey9 TIL that during the Cold War, Nikita Khrushchev said to Mao Zedong that “Berlin is the testicles of the West. Every time I want to make the West scream, I squeeze on Berlin.”
KD7a TIL that Iran has succeeded in sharply reducing its birth rate in recent years by emphasizing the benefits of smaller families and the use of contraception.
woAo1 TIL Romeo and Juliet takes place over the span of about 4-5 days.
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