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TIL-The Telharmonum, the world’s first synthesizer, weighed 200 tons and needed its own powerplant

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Oo68R TIL that in 1968 the United Kingdom evicted more than 1,000 natives from their home island at the request of the US so that they could build an army base
64oY TIL 37 years before Pearl Harbor, Japan launched a surprise attack on Russia, destroying much of the Russian fleet at Port Arthur. US officials applauded the attack for its ingenuity.
8xP TIL that the last Great Auk, an extinct bird, seen in the British Isles was killed after it was accused of being a witch.
E1GVx TIL during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, the Hungarian Army, officially fighting on the German side, secretly assisted the Polish resistance, launching "ambushes" on the Poles and then "retreating" immediately, leaving behind massive amounts of weapons and supplies for the Poles to "capture."
69NKQ TIL that over three quarters of the grapefruit produced in Texas is from Atomic Gardening, a form of mutation breeding where plants are exposed to radiation.