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TIL There were Allied POWs in Nagasaki & Hiroshima during the bombings

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kJnZ4 TIL the dark-grey color we see when we close our eyes isn't black, but Eigengrau (intrinsic grey)
b6lx0 TIL that the Great Vowel Shift between 1400-1700 was a series of pronunciation changes in English. With that many words froze with spelling and pronunciations not matching. This is why some English vowels are a mess with words like "meat" and "meet" being spelt differently but pronounced the same.
X0glD TIL a group from California that represents plum farmers and distributors promoted the use of prune puree on school lunch beef patties following declining prune sales in the mid 90s. This lead to a short lived period of schools incorporating fruit fused burgers into their students diet.
1avjW TIL that Frank Abagnale Jr. , once used a security guard disguise , bought at a local costume shop , to be able to label a box at an airport which money was being transfered to daily, with a sign stating: "Out of service, Place deposits with security guard on duty", which suprisingly worked.
ed0n TIL that pan-African nations have come together pledging to build a 15 kilometer wide band of trees that will stretch all the way across Africa, 7500 kilometer, in order to stop the progressive advancement of the Sahara.