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TIL in WW2 American soldiers were instructed to temper prejudice against black soldiers when stationed in the UK as race relations were much better there.

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x6rJk TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte wasn’t actually as short as many people believe? The idea that he was extremely short comes from a measurement conversion error between the French and British systems. In reality, he was about 1.69 m (5'7"), which was an average height for his time.
e6rL TIL two people, the pilot and passenger of a private plane, in Ocala, FL died while trying to have sex in flight. They were nominated for a Darwin Award in 1994.
xEWD TIL Uranus and Neptune switched places 4 billion years ago.
aw5Wy TIL The Apollo 15 mission left behind a small aluminum statuette called Fallen Astronaut, along with a plaque bearing the names of 14 known American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts who had died in the furtherance of space exploration.
mx90E TIL I learned that in 2002, two airplanes collided in mid-air killing everyone aboard. Two years later, the air traffic controller was murdered as revenge.