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TIL that thousands of Canadian forces dressed as Nazis and “invaded” the City of Winnipeg on Feb. 19, 1942, to scare people into buying more Victory loans

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rN9gy TIL about one of the most crucial cybersecurity attacks in history, the SolarWinds hack. The attack, which was discovered in December 2020, compromised the networks of numerous government agencies including the US Department of Homeland Security and the US Treasury Department.
y1O8 TIL of the Havasupai people, a Native American tribe who have lived in the Grand Canyon for over 800 years.
neXDd TIL Freddy Krueger was inspired by Wes Craven's experience watching a man in a fedora outside his apartment. "Somehow he sensed that someone was watching, and he looked right up and into my eyes.” Craven retreated, but when he looked out his window again, the man was still there, staring up at him.
8a5lb TIL there used to be a sport called Ferret-legging, where a ferret is trapped in a contestant’s pants, while not wearing underwear.
e0Wpg TIL the modern Olympic relay was invented by Hitler for the berlin olympics