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TIL about Wonderland. A Boeing bomber facotory from WWII on the West coast that built a fake residential town on its roof to camouflage it from potential ememy airstrikes

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mx4vP TIL on January 22, 1943 in Spearfish, South Dakota, the temperature rose from -4 at 7:32 a.m. to 45 degrees–a rise of 49 degrees—in just two minutes. A couple of hours later, it plunged from 54 back to -4 degrees–a change of 58 degrees in 27 minutes
epVmL TIL - Each language uses a different quote system. Some will use double angle quotes, others single curved quotes, sometimes in high position, sometimes in low position
69X77 TIL that Nike created a pair of shoes that were so advanced, they were banned from the Olympics because they were considered as technological doping.The Alphaflys, or “the shoe that broke running”, as sports scientist Dr Ross Tuckercalled them, contain tech designed to deliver greater energy return
P1nPw TIL that King James VI of Scotland and I of England (1566–1625) enjoyed the company of handsome young men, shared his bed with his favourites and was often passionate in his expressions of love for them. He railed fiercely against sodomy.
oRZWo TIL that "Gropecunt Lane" was a common street name in English towns and cities during the Middle Ages used to refer to streets where prostitution was practised