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TIL- In ww1 planes forward firing gun was synchronized with the propeller to fire through the propeller

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8ewa8 TIL that Caterpie is based on the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
J17QQ TIL despite being now known as a coffee and donut restaurant, the first Tim Hortons in Canada was a charbroiled burger and hot dog restaurant in North Bay, ON.
kODLd TIL the last French soldier to die in WW1 was killed 15 minutes before the ceasefire. He was delivering a message to his unit that soup would be served for lunch.
R7Eda TIL of George 'Rube' Waddell, a Major League pitcher who won 193 games, had a career ERA of 2.16, toured in a traveling vaudeville show, saved a woman from drowning, was bitten by a lion, wrestled alligators for fun and would leave the field during a game to chase fire trucks.
JkPV TIL there is a rare blood group known as ‘h/h’ or ‘Oh’ which was first discovered in 1952 at Bombay, India, hence christening another name ‘Bombay Blood Group’. This blood is so rare that only 4 in a million would have it globally; however, every 1 in 10,000 have it in Bombay.