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TIL That ESPN used to broadcast the card game Magic: The Gathering

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KZG4 TIL that Winston Churchill had a plan called “Operation Unthinkable” to invade the Soviet Union in a surprise attack immediately after the end of WWII. His plan was finally shot down when it was learned that the Soviet troops remaining outnumbered allied troops 3:1.
rdBd TIL Al “Scarface” Capone got his infamous scars when he told a woman “You got a nice ass” in front of her brother while working at a bar
Ambw TIL India was attacked on 7/11. Bombs were set off on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, 209 people were killed and over 700 were injured.
OGDYL TIL Rolls-Royce's Spirit of Ecstacy hood ornament doesn't have wings. They're actually billowing robes.
neA7 TIL there are truly silent firearms: Russian cartridge design locks propellant gases inside the case. (X-post from r/guns)