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TIL South Africa developed nukes and voluntarily dismantled them. It's the only country in history to do this.

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aonA TIL that Canada consumes the most doughnuts and has the most doughnut shops per capita of any country in the world
jNa4R TIL a horse stands on the tip of one toe. The remaining “fingers” have long since faded away with the evolution of the horse, but the split bones along the cannon bone are vestigial remnants of the second and fourth fingers
5YxAD TIL that aircraft have a strong tendency to nose down as they approach supersonic speeds. It is called Mach Tuck and early planes lacked the ability to counter this and would enter uncontrollable dives.
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