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TIL that the japanese didn’t just have suicide pilots but they had suicide submarine captains that would guide torpedoes into allied ships.

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Y7XAZ TIL of B virus, a form of herpes that leads to death in 40% of cases, and another 40% suffer brain damage. It comes from macaques monkeys which are currently an invasive species in a state park in Florida.
yGmX TIL they didn’t know how strong the blast of the first prototype of the atomic bomb before detonating it in the New Mexico desert. They even had pre-prepared press releases for every event from ‘loud noise’ to 'among the dead were’.
7RWX TIL In 1965, a U.S. Army sergeant drunkenly deserted his company, wandered into North Korea, and was forced to be an interpreter, actor, teacher, and father by the North Korean regime until his release..wait for it..39 years later, in 2004.
wLPVM TIL that in the 1960s, the U.S. Air Force drew up plans for a 4000-ton nuclear space battleship. It would have been armed with 500 nuclear missiles, propelled by nuclear explosions, and been entirely feasible with contemporary technology. President Kennedy was horrified by the idea and cancelled it
wLOx8 TIL Robert Plant once donated $10k to a radio station promising never to play Stairway to Heaven. When asked why, he said it wasn't that he didn't like the song, but he'd heard it before.