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TIL in 1942 a RAF pilot dropped a huge French flag on the Arc de Triomphe in occupied Paris then raked the Gestapo’s hedquarters with 20mm shells.

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YpDoA TIL in 2016 New Zealand announced its plan to eliminate rats, possums, and stoats in the whole country by 2050 to protect the country's endangered flightless birds including kakapos.
GYyJG TIL Adolf Hitler lived and died rich. In 1945 he was thought to have been worth $3 Billion USD by today’s standards.
LkE6v TIL in Hitler's Germany, the government would give badges to "mothers who exhibited probity, exemplary motherhood, and who conceived and raised at least four or more children in the role of a parent". The highest class is a Gold Cross, for eligible mothers with eight or more children.
GdMG TIL Democrats used to be “red” (the color associated with socialism) and Republicans used to be “blue” (the color associated with the Union Army). It changed in the 1984 election because “Reagan”, “Republican” and “Red” all start with “Re”.
P1Oow TIL there are no skeletons in the wreck of the Titanic or debris field. At depths of 3,000+ feet, seawater is undersaturated with calcium carbonate. Once animals ate the flesh of Titanic's passengers and crew, their bones dissolved.