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TIL Although the Red Baron was their enemy the British respect for him was such that upon his death he was buried with full military honours by No.3 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps who had recovered his body in Northern France.

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xkj0 TIL In 1945, Japanese radar operators detected a small number of incoming US planes (which carried the nuclear bombs to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki), but decided not to intercept them as the small number of planes were not seen as a threat.
J4n8 TIL in Viking culture, everyone got together to make laws and settle disputes. They called it the “Thing”
reW4 TIL that the richest 80 people in the world have as much wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population
N8b8 TIL that when Manfred Von Richthofen(aka the Red Baron) was shot down and killed. The allies gave him a full milatary funeral with honours.
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