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TIL of "gas bag" vehicles developed during the gasoline shortages of the World Wars. They used 'town gas', a by-product of the process of turning coal into cokes.

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0w7AL TIL In REC, most of the firefighters, the main charactee reporter, as well as the residents were not professional actors and were just told to respond to the situation as if it was real life, and many scenes were done in 1 take without cuts.
kOoM7 Across Scandinavia, the average price of everything from a knitted roll neck to pastries from the local bakery are some of the highest in the world. So what makes the region so expensive? CNBC's Tom Chitty reports.
morM TIL during the third reich, a company made a board game version of the holocaust called ‘Juden Raus’
5VOQ8 TIL Japan slaughtered all the animals in Tokyo zoo during WW2 worried that they’ll escape in case of US/UK air attacks
epn1k TIL of musician Gary U.S. Bonds (born Gary Levone Anderson), whose label gave him the stage name U.S. Bonds in the hopes of getting him accidental attention through public service announcements advertising the sale of government bonds (i.e. buy U.S. Bonds).