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TIL Gimp, the lanyard crafting material, was originally called “Scoubidou” and the fad started in France

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m4eY TIL that according to Hindu mythology, the first avatar of Vishnu was a fish, the second a turtle, the third a boar, the fourth a half man-half lion and from fifth to ninth, human. The tenth avatar will come in the future and destroy the world.
4k0mR TIL Psychologist B.F. Skinner tried to train pigeons to serve as guides for bombing runs in WWII. After canceling the project, he successfully taught the pigeons to play ping pong instead.
69pXm TIL that a P-61 Blackwidow was used during the raid on the Carbantuan POW camp. The plane would fly several passes at 500 feet, shutting one of its engines off, then turning it back on to cause a loud bang. This distracted the prison guards to allow the Alamo Scouts to get into position.
78Xmr TIL Kazuo Sakamaki was the first Japanese POW captured by the US in WWII. During the Pearl Harbor attack, he and his crewmate swam to shore after a failed attempt to scuttle their damaged 2-man sub. The other man drowned, but Sakamaki was found unconscious, washed up on a beach.
P17BE TIL Bruce Willis only took the role in The Sixth Sense as part of a deal to compensate Disney for quitting The Brawler 20 days into filming