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TIL: the nazis intentionally flooded a region and introduced malaria carrying mosquitoes to stop the Allied advance. It didn’t kill any allied forced, but did kill 50k Italians.

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PB1n TIL that the former Mayor of Las Vegas, Oscar Goodman, spoke to a group of fourth graders and when asked about his hobbies, he said “Drinking Bombay Sapphire Gin”. When questioned about the statement, he replied with “If they didn’t want the answer, the kid shouldn’t have asked the question.”
j6dLj TIL Amos Lunt, the San Quentin hangman, claimed he was being tormented by the ghosts of those he executed. He eventually had to be committed to an asylum
nWGJY TIL that Led Zeppelin was scheduled to play an outdoor show in Singapore on February 14, 1972 but were not allowed into the country, they were even refused permission to get off their plane because they refused to have their long hair cut due to Singapore's law.
5bEr TIL of Sesame, a particle accelerator being built in the Middle East. Modelled on CERN which was set up after WW2 to bring together scientists from former adversaries in Europe, it allows researchers from openly hostile countries to collaborate. Israel, Iran and Palestine are founding members.
5YMJB TIL the worlds biggest airplane by wingspan is the Stratolaunch. The twin-fusalage aircraft with a wingspan of 385ft will serve as an airborne rocket launching pad capable of holding a 550,000 pound payload such as the Pegasus XL rocket and launch it into low earth orbit during flight.