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W7MRY TIL the US military had plans for the invasion of mainland Japan named Operation Downfall. It was estimated that there would be 500k-4m US casualties and 5-10m Japanese casualties.
x6Y1 TIL there has only been one known albino gorilla. His name was Snowflake.
m159R TIL: This year the NFL has banned gene doping, players cannot modify their DNA to enhance performances
d8Ear TIL that hummingbirds are only found in the Americas (and not in the rest of the world), but the oldest known hummingbird was actually a fossil collected in Germany.
Z8aDG TIL that there are walls in Scotland that people made during the Iron Age using heat to melt rocks together, but the specific methodology is unknown and continues to baffle scientists. They are the Vitrified Walls of Scotland but can be found in other European countries as well.