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TIL that during wwII, the german forces built fake airfields with fake wooden planes in it. The allied forces waited until they finished them, then sent out air raids in which they dropped wooden bombs on them.

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N7pkN TIL that the language spoken in Wakanda is Xhosa, an official language of South Africa and Zimbabwe and that John Kani who played King T'Chaka is a native speaker
groW TIL 20 crew and passengers died in a plane crash when a crocodile, being smuggled by one of the passengers in a sports bag, freed itself and panicked the passengers who all ran towards the flightdeck. The Filair L-410 Turbolet unbalanced and crashed. The crocodile survived.
R7Xo4 TIL of Wendigo Psychosis, a psychiatric disorder found only in some native Canadian tribes. After periods of starvation, individuals believed that they were influenced by, or becoming a Wendigo (cannibalistic folk monster). Some individuals, instead of attempting to find food, actually ate people.
wLV1 TIL that for every dollar spent on NASA, the economy receives approximately seven dollars back in payoff
LQmmp TIL that in 2001 NASA commissioned boy band Natural to write a song about space in an effort to reach a younger audience. The band was to undergo astronaut training in order to perform in space when astronaut Will McCool, who the band teamed up with, died onboard the Columbia space shuttle in 2003.