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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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ANG7d TIL Bill Nye, the Science Guy, holds a patent for improved point shoes to better support dancers’ feet
W70LY TIL - Some species of sea turtles can absorb oxygen through their cloacal (genital) orifice, allowing them to stay underwater for extended periods of time without surfacing for air? This method of respiration is called cloacal respiration.
pEp4 TIL that townfolk from a small German town duped over 200 neo-Nazis by tricking them into a walkathon that raised over $12,000 for an anti-Nazi charity.
Ajew Til that young people born to rich families who don’t go to college are 2.5 times more likely to end up in the richest quartile than young people born to poor families who do go college
wo5Z8 TIL that women can coax out an obstinate poop by massaging the back wall of their vaginas.