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TIL: The claim that the United States dropped leaflets warning civilians about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima is false.

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ANgKB TIL of the Dinner Set Gang, a jewelry heist ring ran by 2 Italian brother-in-laws who would burglarize wealthy couples homes for their jewels during dinner, leaving the rest of their homes deserted. Notable victims included The Flagler, Dupont and Pillsbury families as well as the pianist Liberace.
OKOe TIL Domestication is different from taming. You can tame many wild animals so they won’t try to kill you, but domestication requires a change at the genetic level.
lRb1 TIL that Vlad the Impaler would demonstrate his control through fear by placing a golden cup in a poverty stricken area because he knew no-one would dare steal it.
Xmd6 TIL SS Leader Heinrich Himmler frequently carried out occult rituals in an ancient German castle, and may have believed he was the reincarnation of Germany’s first king
ZODo TIL: The German tiger tank can be killed by fighters by ricocheting bullets off the ground in front of it so they would come up under the tank’s belly and kill it.