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TIL There is a database dedicated to tracking every bomb ever dropped by the United States. So far the Theater History of Operations Reports (THOR) details nearly 15 million bombing missions ranging from WWI to Vietnam.

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dG8Q TIL Frank Zappa made a quilt composed entirely of panties that were thrown on stage. He did not wash them first.
DQ7g TIL the religious head of the Islamic Center of France, during WWII, helped more than 1000 Jews by providing them fake IDs
X0D5Q TIL the day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for plumbers.
W6Gd TIL On a late-November evening in 1987, two Chicago television stations were victims of a broadcast signal takeover. This is the video that aired
MeXmm TIL the mutant heroine, Kitty Pryde was named by comic book artist John Byrne in honor of a former classmate to whom he'd promised to name his first original comic character after.