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TIL in 2009 a passenger landed a multi engine airplane after the pilot died just 7 minutes into the flight

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9w6j7 TIL that Major League Baseball Player Moe Berg was recruited by American Intelligence to assassinate Werner Von Heisenberg during WWII
9YVVp TIL Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate issued an edict of religious toleration. The rationale for the edict was most likely based less on high minded principles and more on the idea that giving legal cover to heretic clerics would lead the Christians to bicker themselves to death
OGAj6 TIL After Nazi Germany's failure to take Moscow in 1942 some members of German leadership considered the war unwinnable and wanted a political end to the war. Albert Speer created propaganda about massive increases in military production that convinced people the war was still winnable.
4k88J TIL that purple became associated with royalty due to a shade of it named Tyrian purple, which was created using the mucous glands of Murex snails. Even though it smelled horrible, this pigment was treasured in ancient times as a dye because its intensity deepened with time instead of fading away.
KwVa TIL that Mark Hamill aka Luke Skywalker voices “Skips” on the regular show (x-post from r/regularshow)