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TIL that British General Bernard Montgomery was asked for his advice on The US War in Vietnam. He said that the US had no coherent strategy and no central oversight. He then asked Moshe Dayan to tell the American military authorities, that he thought they were crazy.

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O8aX TIL that during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie [1983], produced and co-directed by Stephen Spielberg, a helicopter-crash stunt gone wrong resulted in the decapitation-death of star Vic Murrow and two young child actors, all of which was caught on tape by three cameras.
9YVVp TIL Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate issued an edict of religious toleration. The rationale for the edict was most likely based less on high minded principles and more on the idea that giving legal cover to heretic clerics would lead the Christians to bicker themselves to death
kJk84 TIL the origin of "sweatshop" was in the 19th century when new technology like sewing machines made mass production possible. "Sweating" was defined by the British parliament as "work carried on for inadequate wages and for excessive hours in insanitary conditions"
nWxJb TIL fleas need to consume blood for maturation of the ovaries in females and the dissolution of the testicular plug in males. However, a blood-only diets allow only 12% of larvae to mature, whereas blood and yeast or dog chow diets allow almost all larvae to mature.
X04L8 TIL that Beetles are the Dominant Form of Life on Earth, as One of every Five living Species is a Beetle. Making them the largest Group in the Animal Kingdom.