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TIL Mosquito Hawks are actually Crane Flys who don’t eat anything at all.

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BgoEd TIL that the signal to start the 1974 Portuguese Coup was given through the broadcast of Portugal's Eurovision Entry Song
XEkOR [TIL] Carlos Hathcock crawled over 1500 yards in enemy territory over three days to shoot a general in the heart. On a separate mission he shot an enemy sniper through their scope.
Y7vaA TIL that the Spanish governor in Portugal was thrown out of a window, thus ending Spanish rule in Portugal in 1640.
WkEL4 TIL about Basil Zaharoff, He sold the Greek government a submarine, then told the Turkish government that the Greeks had a submarine, Turkey then bought 2 submarines. He then told the same to the Russian government who later bought 2 submarines as well. None of the submarines worked.
neZeB TIL Led Zeppelin knowingly copied the song "You Need Love" in "Whole Lotta Love", but the band considered it "so far away in time and influence" that they decided they could just get away with plagiarism.