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TIL in the 1960’s the USA planned to test deadly nerve gas (VX and Sarin) on 200 Australian soldiers by bombing a chosen site in a Queensland forest. The plan was eventually vetoed by Aus PM.

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X0Zoj TIL in 2000, Galoob Toys Inc. recalled about 8.9 million Sky Dancers flying dolls after receiving reports of injures which resulted from the doll striking adults and children, such as scratched corneas, broken teeth, a mild concussion, a broken rib, and facial lacerations that required stitches
Newe TIL that the London Underground has its own resident species of highly aggressive mosquito.
dn78 TIL a US cargo plane crashed while moving children from Vietnam. American businessman Robert Macauley heard that it would take over a week to evacuate the survivors, so he chartered a Boeing 747 and arranged for 300 orphaned children to leave the country, paying for the trip by mortgaging his house.
GA78J TIL Pulse oximeters, the devices that measure oxygen level in the blood, are more likely to be inaccurate in people of color. This inaccuracy led to disparity in care for patients of color.
wZr6 TIL Germans first female stunt pilot, Beate Uhse, tested world’s first jet-powered aircraft, escaped embattled Berlin in an abandoned aircraft together with her baby son and later started a company which today is the most successful in the German sex industry.