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TIL that popcorn was the first food deliberately cooked with microwaves

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ADgmw TIL of Operation Foxley - an Allied plan to assassinate Hitler. It wasn't put into place because Hitler proved to be such a terrible strategist that the Allies decided the war would be over sooner with him in charge.
xVG81 TIL about a bridge in Durham, North Carolina that was built at a height of 11 feet 8 inches. A local business has dubbed the bridge "The Can Opener" and has recorded over 150 crashes involving large trucks that do not have the clearance to pass under the bridge.
nWeNB TIL of the Phoenix Pay System, implemented in 2016 for Canadian federal workers. It was meant to automate and replace the government's old payroll system and expected to save $70 million per year, but due to widespread issues is estimated to cost tax payers over $2.2 billion by 2023.
ejak TIL that the US uses less water now than it did in 1970
N7W68 TIL that even though Canada did not participate in the Vietnam war, some Canadians volunteered to fight alongside the US. 134 of them lost their lives in the war.