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TIL the battle of D-Day that helped end WWII started with the wounded left to drown in the rising tide. If the men got to the beach at all, they were soaked, half-drowned, and seriously weakened from seasickness. They were often without an officer, a functioning radio, or even a working weapon.
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TIL- In ww1 planes forward firing gun was synchronized with the propeller to fire through the propeller
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TIL that, before it was known that birds migrated in the winter, it was a commonly accepted theory that birds dug holes and buried themselves in the ground during the cold months. In fact, Aristotle claimed he had found "swallows and kites [...] in holes in the ground".