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TIL About Operation Underworld — when the US Government and the Mafia Collaborated to stop Nazis

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oRVyr TIL the raising of the American Flag on Iwo Jima was not a planned thing, and was also makeshift. They used a drain pipe that the Japanese used to catch rain water in trenches. This was also the first time an American Flag was raised on Japanese soil in WW2.
NXyM8 TIL about Esmie Tseng. She endured parental abuse despite having top marks in school, often getting punished by standing naked in the corner for grades such as 96%. In 2005, she murdered her mother with a butcher knife. Later, she was tried as an adult and ultimately served six years in prison.
QNBQa TIL The year 46 BC was 445 days long. This abnormally long year, called the Year of Confusion, was a necessary, temporary adjustment by Julius Caesar to correct the significant drift of the Roman calendar, which had fallen out of sync with the solar seasons.
Vj1p TIL There used to be a coloring book to help A-10 pilots learn how to take out enemy tanks. It included phrases such as “Color the bottom of the tank green and yourself brown—you dumb shit. An A-10 will not fit underneath a T-62 tank and remain airborne.”
x6y70 TIL Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179) is the first composer with known biographical details. A CD featuring her music with Emma Kirkby released in 1981 sold 260,000 copies, making it the eleventh biggest-selling classical CD of all time