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TIL: During the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese Naval Command prioritized destroying Battleships over Carriers. The operational commander, Minoru Genda, defied those orders and assigned more planes per Carrier than planes per Battleship, in spite of carriers being lightly armored and easier to sink

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gOA7 TIL in a study it was found that, when domestic violence is one-sided, in 70% of the cases, women were the perpetrators
KOP4G TIL that In 1971, a high school student, Juliane Koepcke was flying over the Peruvian rainforest with her mother when her plane was hit by lightning. She survived a two-mile fall and found herself alone in the jungle, to then endure a 10-day walk to the nearest civilization.
8ajnX TIL when they invented bra sizes 80 years ago, the biggest cup size expected was a D cup
ymAv TIL on a clear dark night the human eye can detect a candle being lit from 30 miles away.
6EedW TIL Milling is a training activity in the British airborne infantry. For a fixed period, two opponents punch each other in the head as aggressively as possible without evasion. An instructor described milling as "arguably the most important event of the [training] course"and its "flagship event"