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TIL: The United States Space Force has a official Space Force song

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0dPnv TIL during the WWII naval battle of Leyte Gulf, an American pilot made repeated attack runs against one of the largest battleships in history, Japan's Yamato. After running out of ammunition, the pilot continued attacking, throwing a Coke bottle and other loose cockpit articles at the ship’s bridge.
LQmy9 TIL that the last living person who was at the Alamo during the battle died less than a month before the end of World War 1. He was not even a year old when the battle occurred.
e0Z9k TIL Dr. Suess was a political cartoonist, wrote a series of books on boners (NOT what you're thinking), made weird taxidermy sculptures out of assorted dead animal parts and had a collection of "Midnight Paintings" he didn't allow to be released until after his death.
E1ZkV TIL that in 1755 a massive earthquake hit Lisbon, Portugal on a major Catholic holiday, destroying the city's churches while sparing its brothels. Tens of thousands of worshipers were killed. The event profoundly shook the belief in a merciful god and the power of the church across Europe.
78Z5X TIL the white gooey meat inside the coconut is called the endosperm