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TIL in WWII the Japanese decrypted a British message to London complaining about the weak state of “Fortress Singapore”, a key British base. It was so frank in its admission of weakness that they suspected it was a plant, believing no officer would be so open in admitting weakness to his superiors.

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Me17K TIL that when Coca Cola launched Dasani bottled water in the UK they lazily used the same campaign they’d used in the USA, and soon found out that BOTTLED SPUNK doesn’t mean the same thing in the UK that it does in America.
7r1QP TIL Antarctica doesn't have any permanent citizens and has no indigenous population. Only 11 children are known to have been to be born there.
R7r71 TIL That Despite it consistently ranking among the lowest in GDP per capita, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has an estimated $24 trillion in untapped minerals, having 70% of the world's coltan, a third of it's cobalt, over 30% of its diamond reserves, and a tenth of its copper.
oBDME TIL that Worcestershire is pronounced “wuss-stir-sure”
bwg0 TIL for almost 2 decades, the American nuclear launch codes were: 00000000