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LkMKd TIL that in 1989, a pilotless Soviet Air Force jet fighter crashed into a house in Belgium, killing one person. The pilot had ejected over an hour earlier over Poland after experiencing technical problems.
YgXr TIL that when Manfred von Richtofen (the Red Baron) was shot down and killed in 1918, the British Army gave him a full military funeral, complete with clergy, a gun salute and a wreath inscribed with, “To Our Gallant and Worthy Foe.”
m179P TIL In the 1930s, a payphone call in the United States cost two cents. By keeping a penny in a slot on each shoe, children ensured they always had enough money to make an emergency call home, hence the name Penny Loafers.
VMZrD TIL Germany has 90 billion trees
rRQMo TIL that when practicing for the D-Day landings in "Exercise Tiger" at least 749 Americans were killed by friendly fire and a "wolf pack" of 6 German E-boats who stumbled on the LST ships in the dark. D-Day was nearly called off because 10 officers who knew the exact plans went missing.