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TIL that in 1944 a crossword puzzle in the the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph unintentionally contained the names of the D-Day landing sites before the attack took place. This was believed to be the result of the puzzle creator hearing the words from schoolboys who interacted with soldiers.

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78gxL TIL of Jacco Macacco, a ~5kg ape of unknown species, who, after attacking his sailor-mates over some milk, went on to become Britain's most famous pit-fighting monkey, defeating 14 dogs in a row. His gory death, in his fight with the famous bitch Puss, led MPs introduce animal cruelty legislation
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