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TIL Union Veterans opposed the construction of a statue in Washington, DC honoring a rebel general.

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MZDa TIL 7 members of an isolated Indian tribe emerged from the Amazon and made contact with people in a village near the Peruvian border because “violent attacks” by outsiders had driven them from the forest. Later, details emerged that their elder relatives were massacred and their houses set on fire.
W9aX TIL The ancient Ta Prahm Temple has a sculpture that resembles a stegosaurus
WZr9 TIL: In WWII Germany developed a missile that could hit the US that was manually piloted and suicidal.
e5rk TIL that during WWI, Harry Houdini threw himself into the war effort, selling war bonds and teaching American soldiers how to free themselves from German handcuffs.
0wYOA TIL in 1985, while conducting Concorde's trial test flights, BA offered NATO to exercise on intercepting a fly-high supersonic bomber. all modern fighters, including F14, F15 and F16, failed to reach their target, except the 1950's EE Lightning, who intercepted the Concorde with ease.