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TIL: Nazi Germany Dropped Counterfeit Money Across Britian In An Attempt To Cause Hyper-Inflation.

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69bel TIL that, on 31 March 1953, a British producer named Peter Eton sent a script to the BBC's head of variety, with a memo attached describing it as a "quiet, gently bumbling situation comedy". In doing so, he gave rise to what would eventually become the word "sitcom".
7r99r TIL that Robert Rackstraw who died in July of 2019 is believed to be the infamous D.B. Cooper who hijacked a plane in November of 1971, and parachuted out the back with $200,000. Recent documents released by the FBI confirm he was an undercover CIA agent whom they were protecting for over forty year
XYvQ TIL: the inventor of intermittent windshield wipers tried to sell his idea to the auto industry and was turned away. When they began showing up on new cars, he sued, and won.
KOQXG TIL: The population can hold a General Strike where all laborers stop working to show a complete lack of confidence in the government.
olR TIL it’s the FCC that bans cell phone use on airplanes, not the FAA