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TIL about Operation Chariot. The WWII mission where 611 British Commandos rammed a disguised, explosive laden destroyer, into one of the largest Nazi submarine bases in France filled with 5000 nazis, withdrew under fire, then detonated the boat, destroying one of the largest dry docks in the world.

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AZ5w TIL Women in U.S. military are more likely to be raped by fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. According to the Department of Defense an estimated 19,000 military personnel are raped every year.
4Q9N TIL Stalin’s hated his oldest son,Yakov, so much that when he tried and failed to commit suicide by gun Stalin joked “He can’t even shoot straight.” Yakov later died in a German concentration camp, possibly after disobeying a guard. Stalin felt this was an honorable death.
EWb0 TIL that in 2014 the Danish government recreated their entire country in Minecraft. It took 4 trillion blocks to build. However, it was discovered that you could use TNT Minecarts on the server. Almost immediatly people started blowing up towns, and planting american flags and tanks over the ruins.
lw7N TIL “fylleangst” (pronounced foola angst) is a unique Norwegian word to describe “Drunk anxiety”, which is the unsettling feeling one has the day after drinking when you can’t remember what you did, how you acted or god forbid, who may have seen you.