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TIL of Eunus, a slave-magician who joked on stage that he planned to overthrow Roman rule and become king of Sicily. Then he led a huge slave uprising, and kept his promises to spare the lives of those who had left him tips.

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JY99j TIL in ww2, Operation Cobra was the concentrated aerial bombardment of German positions in Normanby by 1000s of Allied aircraft. Unfortunately, the bombs also killed 111 allied troops, and wounded 490. But it did lead to the loss of the German position in northwestern France.
kMJ7 TIL The Defense Department spent an estimated $100 million for airline tickets that were not used over a six-year period and failed to seek refunds even though the tickets were reimbursable
Ypjox TIL Operation Bagration, a Soviet offensive in Byelorussia that lasted between June 23 and August 19, 1944, was the largest defeat in German military history. Twenty-eight (out of 34) German divisions were wiped out, with 57,000 soldiers taken prisoner.
aE9M TIL the founder of L'Oreal founded and bankrolled a terrorist organization based at the L'Oreal headquarters. On September 11th, 1937, they bombed two buildings to create the impression of a communist conspiracy
Ekew TIL we refer to money as ‘bucks’ because we used to trade with deerskin