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TIL D-Day was originally supposed to happen on 5th June but meteorologist James Stagg persuaded Dwight Eisenhower to postpone by a day right at the last minute. The weather conditions had to be just right for the landings and planners took the tide, wind speed and even the moon cycle into account.

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05ly TIL that Target Canada was so poorly planned out and such a failure that Canadians continued to cross the border to shop at Target stores in the United States.
a8MBZ TIL about the Tartarian Empire theory, which posits that Tartary– an archaic European phrase for Asia– was actually an advanced lost civilization that was wiped out via global "mud floods." Historical architecture across the world is claimed to represent remnants of the empire.
6QbY TIL that when played together, the McBain clips from The Simpsons form a coherent mini-movie
n5Qo TIL The airport code for San Carlos Airport, the nearest airport to Oracle Headquarters, has the code “SQL”
xVNw TIL that of the twelve people who have walked on the Moon, only eight are alive and the youngest is 76.