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TIL that the & symbol is called an ampersand

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XER0D TIL about the attempted hijacking of FedEx Flight 705 by a disgruntled employee who filled a guitar case filled with hammers and a spear gun. The captain (ex-Navy) performer extreme arial maneuvers while the first officer and engineer fended off the attacker. The plane landed safely and all survived
eppd4 TIL ‘Operation bodyguard’ was used in WW2, a combination of inflatable tanks, phoney insignias, fake radio transmissions, dummy paratroopers and even feeding faulty information to mislead spies. These efforts helped delude Germany into believing Calais would be the site of the D-day landings.
VMvNQ TIL that the name of the musical from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Nightman Cometh, is a parody of a real-world musical called The Iceman Cometh.
aw90 TIL: Even though Star Wars has an incredibly complex and deep universe, Yoda’s species was never named.
Y7OvZ TIL Windsor soup was was once a popular dish that became considered the epitome of bland British food. The fall in popularity came from evolving tastes, association with low class establishments, commonality during rationing, and ground up leftovers soups being mislabeled as Windsor soup.