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TIL Around 40,000 Irish fought for the Confederate Army in the US Civil War

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awgbN TIL of James Martin Stagg, a meteorologist for the allies in WW2 tasked with finding the day with the right conditions for the D-Day invasion. His team and him predicted that the weather would clear up on June 6th, which the Germans didn’t predict. He was right and D-Day was successful.
M6J8 TIL that, at one time, “batman” was an official rank in the British Army…
D1Oov TIL The UK has the 'Whole Life Order' whereby a prisoner who is being sentenced to life imprisonment is ordered to serve that sentence without any possibility of parole. It has been reportedly issued in approximate 100 cases since its introduction in 1983.
xyZD TIL About a pilot, who, upon ejecting from his damaged fighter, got stuck in a cumulonimbus (thunderstorm) cloud for over 30mins, caught in updrafts, pelted by hailstones, and almost drowned.
OG9dg TIL that olives can cause cats to become playful and excited because they contain a compound called nepetalactone, which can also be found in catnip.