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TIL that during WWII the Army Corps of Engineers concealed entire factories as small towns to confuse enemy bombers. Here is one example.

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D1JGJ TIL a herpetologist is one who studies amphibians and reptiles, and there once lived a man-eating crocodile named "Gustave"
NXZK8 TIL Richard Nixon has the biggest Presidential Landslide victory ever. He got 49 out of 50 states with 18 million more votes than his opponent.
pY59b TIL the 100m WR for over 70s is 12.59 and was set with a headwind.
691jX TIL 19-year-old Matilda Scheurer, a Victorian-era factory worker, died after regular exposure to Scheele's Green, a popular arsenic-based dye used in various common items at the time. She died after allegedly vomiting green, while the whites of her eyes and her fingernails turned green.
yVYov TIL that three teams were disqualified from the 2012 Olympics for trying to lose their matches to secure more favorable placements in the knockout stages.