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TIL that there were 32 solar panels on the White House, and that Ronald Reagan had them removed.

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xg95 TIL on 5 March 1945, a Gurkha soldier in the British army calmly stood up in open sight and killed a sniper pinning down his company before going on to clear 5 enemy bunkers, single-handedly, all whilst under heavy fire.
5VKBQ TIL in 1943, a U.S. bomber took 11 direct hits to its fuel tanks—but none exploded. The bombs were empty, and one carried a Czech note saying, 'This is all we can do for you now.'"
KOvGQ TIL that in 1926, a young Italian anarchist named Anteo Zamboni was brutally lynched by fascist mobs after he fired two shots that narrowly missed Benito Mussolini. He was only 15.
W76W4 TIL Peter Billingsley who played Ralphie in “A Christmas Story” also played the head elf in “Elf”.
8aDkG TIL that steel shortages in WW1 is what led women to abandon the corset and transition into bras as we know them today.