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TIL of the Caterpillar Club, which consists solely of people who have jumped out of a failing airplane and survived by deploying their parachute. The club was founded by Leslie Irvin, who survived ejecting out of his plane in 1919, and every member is sent a gold caterpillar pin with amethyst eyes.
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TIL WW2 bombing accuracy was so abominable, there was only 22% chance of a bomber crew finding its way to within 5 miles of its target and for heavily defended targets the percentage dropped to 7%.
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TIL that the Japanese invaded most of Malaysia while riding their bicycles during WW2