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TIL The US had drones during WWII

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94LD TIL during the Great Potato Famine, the Ottoman Empire tried to send money and ships full of food to Ireland, but were blocked by the British and instead snuck into Dublin illegally to provide aid for the Irish.
Y7Xnd TIL: GPS satellites are far enough away from earth that time moves slower for them, so they are pre-corrected to compensate for relativity using Einstein's calculations.
WkQNo TIL the word "synonym" has two synonyms - "poecilonym" and "polyonym"
KvOR TIL Jurassic Park, Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump and The Shawshank Redemption were all in theatres at the same time in October of 1994.
ma9M TIL of an experiment in a hospital where the sign at a hand-washing station was changed from “Hand hygiene prevents you from catching diseases” to “Hand hygiene prevents patients from catching diseases” resulting in a 45% increase in the use of soap or hand sanitizer.