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TIL about the "Battle Of The Beams", a period in WW2 when the Luftwaffe used a number of increasingly accurate systems of radio navigation for night bombing, and the British fought back with a variety of their own increasingly effective means, involving jamming and deception signals.

NXdb6 TIL the US-Canada border is the longest international border in the world, and that Alaska's portion alone is about 38%.
kJ7wd TIL that Matt Groening's parents' names in real life were Marge and Homer
OoxGL TIL that in 1946 there were Waffen SS soldiers that guarded Nuremberg Trials
rN47e TIL that there is a type of honey called Mad Honey that cause hallucinations
JYQRj TIL that when a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and he dies.