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TIL There is a storm on Jupiter big enough to swallow the earth

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gMxGD TIL that during the high point of plane hijackings in the 1960s, a plane was hijacked every 6 days in the United States.
rOlx TIL that German Gen. Erwin Rommel earned mutual respect with the Allies in WWII from his genius and humane tactics. He refused to kill Jewish prisoners, paid POWs for their labor, punished troops for killing civilians, fought alongside his troops, and even plotted to remove Hitler from power.
xVJn0 TIL There are over 400 million ways of delivering checkmate in the first 5 moves of a chess game.
BgrwW TIL that Gone with the Wind (1939) still has the box office record for number of tickets sold in USA/Canada.
m7by TIL Simply wearing a US military uniform in public or falsely claiming to have served is not a violation of The Stolen Valor Act. Only wearing or claiming to have earned certain decorations with the intention of profiting monetarily or in some tangible way is a violation of federal law.