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TIL The German city of Konstanz was not bombed by the Allied Forces during World War II, because the city left all its lights on at night, and thus fooled the bombers into thinking it was actually part of Switzerland.

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x65jb TIL, the origin of the NIRVANA font, called Onyx, was chosen because they used “whatever was already installed in their typesetting machine”.
6Eb1Z TIL that Michael J Fox was at one time a chain smoker.
MEoW TIL severing the limb of a Bloodwood tree triggers the same type of response you’d see if you severed a human limb. The damage causes the release of a deep crimson sap that looks alarmingly like human blood; its sole purpose is to coagulate and seal wounds, but has many other medical uses as well.
P1xZe TIL about AATIP. which was a secretive program run by the US Department of Defense from 2007 to 2012 that investigated reports of UFO sightings and other unexplained aerial phenomena. The program was officially declassified in 2017.
yg7V TIL women were not the first choice as telephone operators. Prior to September 1, 1878, when a woman named Emma Nutt became the first female operator, boys were the preferred choice. It soon became apparent, however, that boys would insult, curse at, and prank the customers.