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TIL of the Great Tokyo Air Raid (1945) during which 1665 tons of incendiary bombs were dropped on Tokyo in a span of 3 hrs, resulting in 100k deaths and 1M displaced. It's considered the most destructive bombing raid in human history.

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VBGOp TIL Pablo Escobar, the infamous Colombian drug lord, invested millions in developing Medellín's impoverished neighborhoods. He funded the construction of housing complexes, parks, football stadiums, hospitals, schools, and churches, earning him a reputation among some as "Robin Hood."
1lYX TIL Hyenas are more closely related to felines than canines.
neRGo TIL that French President Charles De Gaulle survived an assassination attempt due to the bullet being stopped by the frame of the photograph of his daughter Anne that he always carried with him. Anne had downs syndrome and died 14 years earlier at the age of 20
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Z8WNG TIL that the moon is 6 feet farther away from Earth since humans last walked on it