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TIL the U.S. military is the largest purchaser of explosive devices in the world. The second largest purchaser is The Walt Disney Company.

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AD4bx TIL that in 2003, Ekaterina Dmitrieva married the cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko through a video call while he was in orbit, with a cardboard cutout of him as a proxy. As he hadn't sought permission, weddings in space were banned afterwards, he's therefore the only man in history who married in space.
EgVDV TIL that DJ Steve Aoki’s father is the founder of the Benihana restaurant chain
VMxwp TIL During WW2, Dick Best led a dive bomber attack during the pivotal battle of Midway. The attack's success was led by the fact they showed up late. Because of this the Japanese defense planes were engaged elsewhere leaving Best's forces free to sink 3 Japanese carriers and turn the tide of the war
x9Bo TIL in 1986 Glasgow renamed the street of the Apartheid controlled South African consulate to Nelson Mandela Place which meant all of their correspondence had to contain the name of the political prisoner.
l7gV TIL Spiders can travel in jet streams at altitudes exceeding 16000 ft above sea level