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TIL all current Purple Heart medals awarded still today were created for the Japanese invasion during WWII that never happened

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yXNa TIL that when a bald eagle loses a feather, it will automatically shed the same feather on it’s other side to maintain balance.
loPkr Today I learned that the first Steam Engine was invented in Alexandria,Egypt in the 1st century AD. The Egyptians couldnt find any practical use to it and the tecnology was lost in history until beeing re-invented in the 17 century!
kO1A5 TIL that Australians give tourists ridiculous advice about avoiding attacks from the drop bear (which is actually a hoax depicted as a predatorial, aggressive version of the koala) to confuse or scare them.
wLRJE TIL A top NASA astronaut was accused of hacking her estranged spouse's bank account from space
awmON TIL that Ulithi, an isolated Pacific atoll used by the US Navy as a forward base during WWII, was for seven months the largest and most active anchorage in the world. At its height in the run-up to the invasion of Okinawa, more than 700 ships were anchored in its lagoon.