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TIL that British spies used semen as invisible ink during WWI. The method was invented by Captain Sir Mansfield Cumming.

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9Y5Vm TIL About Richard Best, the Pilot that helped Sink 2 Japanese Carriers in Battle of Midway during WW2 just 6 months after Pearl Harbour. Only the 2nd man in all of world to destroy multiple aircraft carriers in a single day.
yebv TIL That North Korea has a zoo which is home to over 5,000 animals, including dogs (which are not permitted as pets due to “health reasons”) and a trained parrot that squawks, in English, “"Long live the Great Leader, Comrade Kim Il-sung!”
pYybp TIL that in the summer of 1858, Central London experienced "The Great Stench" due to a heat wave and poor sewer system, leading to a 17-year overhaul of the sewage system.
vPZJj TIL that a day in Venus (rotation) is actually longer than a year (orbiting the sun).
9wY4m TIL that wilt chamberlain had more 70 point games than everyone else in nba history combined