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TIL Rust doesn't cause tetanus and is relatively harmless in small quantities

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pYeAp TIL that WW2 British General Bernard Montgomery made a bet with Walter Bedell Smith, that if he could capture Sfax by April 1943, then he would get a Flying Fortress. Montgomery did so and when Smith tried to laugh it off, went to Eisenhower to get his Flying Fortress.
rNeWM TIL that the winner of the 1927 Alaska Territorial Flag design competition was a seventh grade orphan named Benny Benson. He was awarded a watch with the flag emblem on it and 1,000 dollars for education that he put toward studying diesel mechanics.
VbPZ TIL one of the wealthiest drug lords in history died after extensive plastic surgery to change his appearance
nekkb TIL Gray wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park in 1995, resulting in regeneration of the entire ecosystem [Trophic cascade]. After the wolves were driven extinct regionally nearly 100 years ago, scientists began to fully understand their role in the food web as a keystone species.
N7AVe TIL about Swahili Time. The local clock is measured from sunrise (1pm) which replaces 7am Western time . In order to convert to local time you must add six hours to GMT (+3).