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TIL the Nazis made a landing in North America during WW2.

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j6xev TIL that meteorites are actually incredibly cold when they land on Earth; they're cold from being in deep space for so long that re-entry doesn't warm them up significantly.
d8GdQ TIL that there is an illness called Puppy Pregnancy Syndrome(PPS) where people bitten by dogs believe puppies are conceived within their abdomen.
grWRX TIL there are actually three Lunar Roving Vehicles parked on the moon. These were left behind from the final three Apollo missions - 15, 16 and 17 (Aug 1971, Apr 1972 and Dec 1972 respectively). For the last 50 years, I have believed only one LRV was ever taken to the moon.
5Y8rD TIL of Justo Gallego Martinez, a 90+ year old man who built a cathedral for the last 60 decades using only scrap material he could find near the building site
gM1Gb TIL the Japanese squadron that bombed Pearl harbour was detected by a prototype Hawaiian Radar before the air raid but no alert was sent out, as nobody believed the inexperienced radar operators.