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TIL 80% of Soviet males born in 1923 didn’t survive WWII

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R5ZRl TIL Among other ships used in the production of the film “The Battle of the River Plate”, the warships HMS Cumberland and HMNZS Achilles played themselves since they had both survived the war.
BWKL TIL that from the top 100 history flying aces, 100 are germans.
b94j4 TIL that keyboards were laid out so that the most common letters were the furthest apart in order to slow down typists so that their typewriters wouldn't jam.
GAVYQ TIL that in the 1960s the BBC refused to play popular music for young people, which created the need for off-shore pirate radio stations
eo9g TIL the military has used Silly String to detect trip wires in Iraq. The strands of string go 10-12 feet and are light enough to not set off the tripwire.