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TIL that the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa starred in a biopic of himself which featured authentic combat footage

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x649B TIL that this was the Breguet 763 Deux-Ponts, the original double decker aircraft that flew from the late 40's to 50's, used primarily by Air France and French AF (The TRUE grandpa of the MD-12 and A380)
wLy7Y TIL The German word "Hamsterkäufe" is a behaviour, where people accumulate food and supplies to prepare for shortages, thus often creating the shortages in the first place.
xLp7 TIL during 1946 nuclear weapon tests in the Pacific, animals were put on ships in the blast area. Goat #119, behind plate armour inside a gun turret, died from the radiation in 4 days. Goat #53, out on deck, died in 2. Pig #311 was found swimming around and was brought back to the zoo in Washington.
bG5E TIL a Harvard student lost his internship at Facebook after pointing out a privacy vulnerability which he found on their servers. Ironically, Mark Zuckerberg defended himself when he did the same with Harvard’s servers while studying there.
akGM TIL People have historically used about 7,000 plant species for their food. Today, only about 30 crops provide 95% of human food energy needs.