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TIL the Trout memo (1939) compared wartime deception to fly fishing. Issued by Admiral Godfrey, whose assistant was Ian Fleming (James Bond creator), it inspired Operation Mincemeat. This plan put fake documents on a corpse, fooling the Germans into expecting an attack on Greece instead of Sicily

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LQblP TIL that hobby horsing is not only done as a hobby but is also a competitive sport. In Finand where the hobby orginated, there is an annual national championship for it. The hobby itself involves a person using a hobby horse instead of a real horse to do movement sequences similar to show riding.
Br4jr TIL that Rudolf Diesel, who invented the Diesel engine, committed suicide in 1913 because he didn't think his invention would be successful.
oBkoE TIL that when British scientists discovered homosexual behavior in penguins in 1911, they were so shocked that they published the study in Greek so it would remain accessible to only a few scientists.
mxwvM TIL there was a conspiracy theory, actually investigated by some in British intelligence, that prime minister Harold Wilson was a KGB mole, and that the leader of the Labour Party before him was assassinated to clear his path to power
OoLKa TIL: Michael Caine (born Maurice Micklewhite) first used the stage name Michael Scott in Sussex, before moving to London, where another Michael Scott was already on stage.