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TIL of Noor Inayat Khan, an Indian woman who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for her service during WWII. She was the first female wireless operator to be parachuted into France to assist the French resistance. Later betrayed by a a member of the resistance, she would be executed in Dachau

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4R5b TIL Popeye the Sailor owns a dog-like creature whose cells leaked through from the fourth dimension, combined with cells from ours, and transmutated into a creature capable of moving between dimensions and solving difficult problems. His name is Eugene the Jeep.
GmYg TIL when Nick GaS shut down in December 2007, Dish Network kept an automated loop of the network still on the air for 15 months
8eALG TIL that the bullet-riddled Ford that Bonnie and Clyde were assassinated in became a popular traveling attraction. The car was displayed at fairs, amusement parks, and flea markets for three decades, and once became a fixture at a Nevada race track. There was also once a charge of $1 to sit in it.
P41J TIL Rice Paddy art is an art form originating in Japan where people plant rice of various types and colors to create a giant pictures in a paddy field.
KYDrw TIL ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer admitted that in 2013 Yahoo should've purchased either Netflix at $4 billion or Hulu at $1.3 billion instead of buying Tumblr at $1.1 billion stating it "would have been a better acquisition." By 2016, Yahoo had to write down Tumblr's value by a total $712 million.