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TIL The Allies considered bombing Auschwitz in an effort to stop operations at the concentration camp.

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x6lJ0 TIL during the Falklands War, the UK considered landing SAS troops in Hercules aircraft directly on the runway of Rio Grande airbase with the aim of destroying Argentina's Super Étendard strike fighters and their anti-ship missiles. The operation also intended to kill the pilots in their quarters.
JmxV TIL a Norwegian student spent $27 on Bitcoins, forgot about them, and a few years later realised they were worth $886K.
pYwpQ TIL about the "Raines sandwich;" an inedible piece of "food" that served as a way to bypass prohibition laws.
e0Yx6 TIL: Nazis offered Iron Cross for 4 Finnish Jews during WW2. None accepted. For example, Leo Skurnik was awarded Iron Cross for evacuating a German soldier under enemy fire. Major Skurnik told the Germans that Skurnik would "wipe his arse with the medal."
b6nEN Today I learned the term "software engineering" was coined by a woman..... Margaret Hamilton