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TIL In WW2, The Allies estimated German average monthly tank production using statistical analysis of their serial numbers. They were off by one.

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vPbvD TIL Hirohito, the Emperor of Japan during World War II, remained in power as a constitutional monarch until his death in 1989.
Eg4JV TIL: Scratch-off lottery tickets can continue to be sold even after the grand prize advertised on the card has already been claimed
yQjWl TIL that the Chinese language has no past, present, or future tenses. The time at which an action is takes place is inferred from context.
dQQj TIL it is common for people to have a recurring nightmare in which it is the day of a final exam and you realize that you forgot you were taking the course and therefore had not attended any of the classes, or variations on this theme.
9DyG TIL Sir Adrian de Wiart served in the Boer War, WWI, WWII, and was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear. He survived 2 plane crashes, tunnelled out of a POW camp, and bit off his own fingers when a doctor wouldn’t amputate. About WWI, he wrote, “Frankly I had enjoyed the war.”