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TIL that over 500 surgical operating room fires every year.

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Ooo67 TIL months before D-Day British Commandos drove a ship full of explosives on a delayed timer into strategically vital shipyard. Most were captured but 5 walked back to Spain. During interrogation, a German Officer told one of the Commandos the damage would be fixed in weeks, right before detonation.
4Xw8b TIL the Library of Congress estimates 75% of all silent films are lost forever. The largest cause of silent film loss was intentional destruction, as before the era of television, films were viewed as having little future value when theatrical runs ended.
Gma7 TIL the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard is cemeteries are considered burial grounds while the older term graveyards is considered burial grounds attached to a church.
GkbN TIL there is a micro nation in Nevada named Molossia that consists only of a house, front yard and back yard. It also declared war on east Germany.
ld61 TIL: The racist use of ‘coon’ started out as a political insult. The Whig party used a raccoon as it’s emblem, and were referred to as “coons” by their opponents. In the 1830s the Whig’s were seen a too sympathetic to African-Americans.