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TIL of Operation Paul Bunyan. An retaliatory show of force for the murder of American soldiers trimming an obstructive DMZ tree. The mission was to destroy the tree and was conducted with attack-helicopters, B-52 bombers, over 12,000 soldiers and an aircraft carrier. The mission was a success

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RW4Q TIL the term Elbow Grease was started as a prank on apprentices. The apprentices was told to ask someone for the ‘elbow grease’ and would be sent to more and more workers. It was similar to sending a child on a Snipe Hunt.
rNybM TIL Matt Groening named the main members of the Simpsons family (apart from Bart) after his own family (ex. Homer Groening is Matt's father)
d8jN9 TIL that following the Civil War Robert E Lee was stricken of his citizenship and had to apply for it back. Instead of the letter reaching the president it was given as a souvenir to a friend of the secretary of state.
r6A1 TIL that a mountain Wyoming is almost 300 million years older than the rocks it rests on. It travelled over 25 miles
WkaJA TIL there is a leading lithium-ion battery company called "Incell"