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TIL The US has a cluster bomb which drops a fine cloud of carbon powder filaments, that destroys power stations and power lines

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1a9NW TIL that Russian President Boris Yeltsin once got so drunk at a state dinner that he drummed on Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev's bald head, using dinner spoons.
xgZw TIL there is a square colloquially known as Chop Chop Square in Saudi Arabia. The square has built in drains for the executions they have every Friday after prayer.
aw8vL TIL the Fisker Automotive failure lost the US government at least $600M
neNP TIL in the UK in 2009, a leaflet was issued by the National Health Service in Sheffield carrying the slogan, “an orgasm a day keeps the doctor away”.
dxB8 TIL that out of the 22 members of the Australian Video Game Classification Board, only one member is under 30 years old.