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TIL that in WWII the US tricked the German postal service into inadvertently delivering anti-Nazi propaganda to German citizens through mail in the form of stamps

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J4Al TIL in 1985 Switzerland accidently bombed Liechtenstein during a drill. In 1992 they accidently ‘invaded’ their neighbor while setting up an observation post. In 2007 Swiss soldiers lost their way and crossed the border. A spokesman of Liechtenstein simply said “No problem, these things happen”.
Bra7b TIL of Godwin's Law which asserts: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Hitler approaches
Zpd8Q Today I learned that a man can survive two atomic bombs in a gap of two days and still live till the age of 93 - Tatsuo Yamaguchi.
p8QoA TIL that Marvel Comics' Thanos and DC Comics' Darkseid, as well as sharing many other similarities, were created by the same person
epOdL TIL the last webpage Anthony Bourdain viewed was a prostitution service before killing himself, and that he frequently solicited prostitutes