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TIL Oregon was bombed by Japanese during WWII. The attacks were minor, but they were the first time the contiguous United States was bombed by enemy aircraft.

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rRQN4 TIL about the Mirlo rescue. In 1918, an U-Boat attacked a British cargo ship off the NC coast. The ship blew up, spilling oil onto the ocean which caught on fire. The US Lifesaving Service sailed through the fire 4 times to rescue 42 of the 51 aboard.
R5WJw TIL one species of spider beetle can survive temperatures of up to 56 degrees Celsius.
j6wra TIL 45% of the entire American population watched the finale of MASH in 1983
mxljO TIL of the Corrupted Blood incident, an unintentional glitch in World of Warcraft that simulated the spread of a deadly pandemic. It was later studied by epidemiologists due to the reaction of the gamers and its resemblance to the general populace.
daZ TIL that the average person consumes 0 spiders in his/her lifetime