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M7M0B TIL that in 1930, the 22 million pound Indiana Bell building was shifted 52 feet (16 m) south, rotated 90 degrees, and then shifted again 100 feet (30 m) west. The services they provided for telephone, water, sewage, gas, and electricity were all unaffected. The 600 employees inside felt nothing.
d8Y9 TIL The highly classified Task Force Black removed or killed 3,500 insurgents from the streets of Baghdad, reducing bombings from 150 per month to about 2 per month.
G4Z5 TIL the song “Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison was originally titled “Brown-Skinned Girl”, but was changed to “make it more palatable for radio stations”
oRNdA TIL. The Battle of Tanga also known as the battle of the bees, It is a failed attack on German East Africa by a british indian expeditionary force. The 98th infantry battalion were attacked by swarms of angry bees and broke up. The bees attacked both sides troops hence the name.
Zp5pQ TIL 17th century England had twerking ("Moulding Cockle Bread" dancing) and moral panics about twerking.