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TIL that according to a flat earth theory our forests are not “real”, thousands of years ago, 99% of the Earth’s biosphere were destroyed, and the real forests were taken away. Real trees were hundreds of kilometres tall, magical organisms that sustained a total living ecology of the flat earth.

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NXg1P TIL there was a secret hospital during WW2 that was ran by a female doctor Franja (the hospital was also named by her) where they also treaded 2 US pilots that were shot down. When the doctor got married, they used parts of the paraschute for her wedding blouse.
gMxV7 TIL of the Mary Celeste, an American merchant ship found adrift by the Dei Gratia, intact & crew missing, in the Atlantic off the Azores in 1872, a month after leaving port. Though amply supplied and personal belongings intact, there was no sign of where or why they left. The crew was never found.
OovKe TIL Hattie McDaniel's Oscar for "Gone with the Wind," the first ever won by an African-American, has been missing for decades. Rumored locations of the award range from a misplaced storage box at Howard University to the bottom of the Potomac River
NL0Q TIL: that in WW1 the occupied french town of Le Quesnoy, a walled town with a wall dating back to the medieval period was taken by New Zealand Troops without the wall being blown up. Instead a few men with a ladder climbed the wall and opened the gates from the inside preserving the wall.
Eygo TIL in WW2 German field marshal Erwin Rommel would often personally pilot a reconnaissance aircraft over the battle to view the situation. Although Rommel did not have a pilot’s license, his skill with machinery made him a competent pilot, and none of the Luftwaffe officers had the nerve to stop him