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TIL in Winnipeg (19 February 1942) a full scale simulated invasion of Winnipeg from "Nazis" (Canadian soldiers) trying to show what would happen if they didn't have the funding from war bonds to win the war. If Day - Valour Canada

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8dQV TIL Raw Oysters are still alive when you eat them
jNblp TIL that when Shell Oil started secretly manufacturing several hundred thousand gallons of JP-7 fuel for the U-2 spy plane in 1955, it depleted stocks of a petroleum byproduct usually included in the making of FLIT insecticide, causing a nationwide shortage of the product.
b6Zp TIL that after Star Trek was canceled, Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhara) volunteered for a special recruiting project at NASA where she recruited America’s first and second female, as well as black male, astronauts.
Oooy7 TIL Operation Christmas Child run by Samaritan's Purse opens your gift box and adds religious content before distributing your gift to a child in need
VB704 TIL that the Amos n Andy Show, where white men played dumb African Americans, was so popular that theaters delayed the start of their movies so audiences could listen to the radio show first