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TIL that in 1959 the United States Postal Service tried delivering mail with a cruise missile

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LkANr TIL about survivorship bias and its application in the military. A statistician used the survivorship bias in his calculations when considering how to minimize bomber losses to enemy fire. The military wanted to reinforce the areas where the bomber was shot up instead of looking where it wasn't hit.
xVdwk TIL that William Shakespeare was inspired to write "Hamlet" - a play driven by the grief of a son for his father - by the death of his own son, Hamnet, who died at age 11. He began work on Hamlet a couple of years later. Until that time he had most been writing comedy plays.
R71b7 TIL Cwtch (Welsh; pronounced ‘kutch’, rhyming with ‘butch’) is a special hug that makes you feel safe in the world.
7rMap TIL that my band still isn' famous
LKyZ TIL that Bob Marley’s manager would take him and his other wailers to rehearse late at night in the local cemetery where he believed that if they could conquer their fear of ‘duppies’ (spirits), they could also conquer any stage fright.