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TIL that in WWII the US was going to use Bat Bombs on Japan to burn down houses and forests.

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9ybr TIL that Bank of America mistakenly foreclosed a couple (Warren and Maureen Nyerges), who sued and won a judgment for $2500 in Legal expenses. While bank didn’t pay the couple showed up at the bank with a moving company, a deputy, and a writ allowing them to start seizing furniture and cash.
Bywd TIL when JAL Flight 2 landed in San Francisco Bay short of the runway, captain Kohei Asoh told investigators, “As you Americans say, I fucked up.” Today the “Asoh defense” is hailed by corporate strategists as one of the most effective public relations strategies.
XEAYk TIL that scientists taught monkeys how to use money and they began budgeting, buying when prices were low, prostituting themselves and even performed a robbery!
6617 TIL An experiment performed by a psychologist and an economist taught a group of Capuchin monkeys the concept of money AND THEN some of the monkeys resorted to prostitution.
N7dX1 TIL In 1943 smog formed so suddenly and severely in the Los Angeles area that residents believed they were being attacked by Japanese chemical weapons