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TIL Sputnik the fist satellite was only the size of a basketball.

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OWy7 TIL During the WWII invasion of Normandy, a new Canadian tank gunner destroyed 3 tiger tanks with his first 5 shots in combat, including a famous German tank commander with over 130 kills. The Canadian tanker’s only prior experience was firing a half dozen tank rounds during training.
nWrVW TIL that while the quantity of stars on the US flag is determined by an act of congress, the size and position of the starts are determined by executive order and can be set unilaterally by the president.
loQYN TIL Gordie Howe played 32 seasons of professional hockey in a career that spanned 5 decades
4Xkoo TIL in 1939 Thanksgiving was moved to give merchants a longer period to sell goods before Christmas in order to increase profits and spending during this period.
wo5K1 TIL Out of 138,000 American Soldiers buried overseas, 60,000 are buried in France, 25,000 are buried in the Philippines, 14,000 in Belgium, 12,000 in Italy, 8,000 in a Netherlands, 5,000 in Luxembourg, 5,000 in Panama. 1000’s more in England, Tunisia, Mexico.