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PYBme TIL that Yamato, the largest battleship in history at 863 feet in length, was so big that she had forward- and aft-pointing arrows painted in the interior so sailors don't get lost
0wbNL TIL Takijiro Onishi, Father Of The Kamikaze, Committed Seppuku To Atone For The Pilots He Helped To Kill
yQ7ZX TIL that Owen Baggett, a Texas native, is the only known person to shoot down a plane while parachuting with a .45 during World War II. He did this after his own plane was shot down and a Japanese fighter pilot flew near him with his cockpit open.