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TIL That Pokemon was inspired by the capsule monsters in Ultraseven

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8xZ4 TIL that in 1956, for a bet, while drunk, Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a small plane from New Jersey and then landed it perfectly on a narrow Manhattan street in front of the bar he had been drinking at. Then, two years later, he did it again after a man didn’t believe he had done it the first time.
X0DG6 TIL One day before the end of WW2, the German Cruise Liner, SS Cap Arcona was attacked and sunk by the RAF. The ship was used to hold concentration camp prisoners and 5000 were killed. Swedish intelligence had passed this information to the allies but it wasn't forwarded to the RAF.
wowgM TIL that Willie Nelson has owned his guitar, "Trigger," since 1969. A huge hole has developed above the bridge from Nelson's fingers playing it in over thousands of shows. The hole is regularly shored up with braces, but never fully repaired
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