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TIL that Stanisław Skalski, the first Allied air ace of WWII, shot down a German aircraft during the Invasion of Poland then landed next to it, bandaged the wounded crew, made sure they got to an ambulance, and took off again

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xVgWo TIL that one of the first recorded instances of the word "fuck" in its modern English meaning was in the court documents of a 14th-century case in reference to a man named in the documents as "Roger Fuckbythenavele".
pYZwZ TIL North American cowbirds are brood parasites. They lay eggs in a different bird species nests without caring for the eggs themselves. They also practice what scientists call "mafia behavior." "If the host throws out the cowbird's egg, the cowbird will destroy the nest again and again.”
9YGYD TIL Edward Bruce, King of Scotland Robert the Bruce's brother, was King of Ireland for 3 years.
6LMJ TIL of the Yamato 1, the first working prototype boat to use a Magnetohydrodynamic drive (MHD). Built by Mitsibishi, the ship’s drive electrifies sea water and utilizes magnetic fields to propel itself. The MHD uses no moving parts.
LkKKd TIL in 1999, Kraft met with America's other biggest food companies to discuss the growing public health concerns over packaged and processed foods. They decided to not down-regulate the usage of salt, sugar and fat, as it would make the food taste not as good and their shareholders would lose money.