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TIL Afghanistan has cost the U.S. more than the Marshall Plan

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9wv4M TIL in 2006, the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team and adidas created a poster made with ink that was mixed with the blood of the players on the team.
R7Q46 TIL in 14th December 1971, just two days before officially losing the war, Pakistan made a final effort was made to kill as many intellectuals (including professors, journalists, doctors, artists, engineers etc.) as possible, to eliminate the future leaders of the new nation of Bangladesh.
P1MgE TIL the Platypus is one of the few mammals to lay eggs and produce venom.
d8vZ7 A wheel of parmesan cheese can cost over $1,000. A single wheel takes at least one year to age, 131 gallons of milk to make, and it can only be made in a restricted area in northern Italy, in the region of Emilia Romagna.
oBQPR TIL the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped by Bockscar was originally targeted for the city of Kokura. But smoke from the burning town of Yahata, firebombed the previous day, blocked their aim, causing them to divert to the backup target, Nagasaki