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0dJ7L TIL Between 1945 and 1965, the number of people under British rule outside the UK itself fell from 700 million to five million.
v1aw7 TIL there are no significant benefits of a gluten-free diet, if you do not have Celiac Disease
aw9xM TIL NASA once fixed a broken Hubble Telescope by turning it off and on again
p8KLQ TIL During a US WWII bombing mission in 1944, 1st Lt. Bill Lawley, took controls of a severely damaged B-17, managed to evade 20 attackers, pull out of a steep dive, and refused to bail-out with the rest of the crew as 2 team members were wounded. He was subsequently awarded the Metal of Honor.
KYXvJ TIL that Marvin the Martian has a dark spherical head with big eyes because he is supposed to be an alien ant. He was even called Antwerp before his name was changed in the 70s.