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TIL That the Normandy landings were only made possible by a disinformation campaign designed by the allied troops with the aim of misleading the German High Command as to the location of the invasion.

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5YBdn TIL about the "hijacking" of the oil tanker, Brillante Virtuoso in the Gulf of Aden in 2011. There pirate attack left the ship heavily damaged and it was scrapped. The owner attempted a $100 mil insurance claim, one of the primary inspectors was killed in a car bomb, others were harassed.
0rLv TIL When developing the Macintosh computer, Steve Jobs wanted to add a small mysterious character who would appear after about every 1000 times you used an OS UI element. He would wink at you and disappear so fast that you wouldn’t be sure he was real.
nWXNP TIL less than 20% of Japanese people have passports
9wdbG TIL airlines in Japan list where customers with babies are sitting on the seat map so you can be better informed as you choose your seat.
Z81NR TIL the purpose of menhirs, over 50,000 large man-made upright stones distributed across Europe, Asia and Africa, still remains unknown to archeologists.