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TIL the B-24 'Hot Stuff' was the first heavy bomber to complete 25 missions in Europe during WWII. However, after a crash on the way home killed 14 of the 15 onboard, the USAAF celebrated the B-17 'Memphis Belle' as the first bomber to reach 25 completed missions

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99vQ TIL George Washington feared the growing influence of political parties in the US. He thought that it would lead to “the alternate domination” of each party, taking revenge on each other in the form of reactionary political policies, and that it would eventually cause the North and South to split.
XR4r TIL an economist discovered that, other things being equal, suburban residents have more friends , invite friends into their homes more and have greater involvement in community groups. For every 10 percent decrease in density, the chance of people talking to their neighbors increases 10 percent
m1noM TIL about Tōxcatl, an annual Aztec festival which revolved around the sacrifice of a young man who had been impersonating their god Tezcatlipoca since the last Tōxcatl festival, and the selection of a new man to take that role in the year to come
YbDB TIL of Mordechai Vanunu, who exposed Israel’s nuclear program in 1986. The Israeli gov’t then kidnapped him in Rome, held a secret trial, and jailed him for 18 years (11 in solitary). He’s famous as a whistleblower, but Israel calls him a traitor.
MeRZm TIL that there is a foundation devoted solely to researching ways that humanity can reduce suffering of future generations.