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TIL that the British planned on defeating Hitler by turning him into a woman.

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BVPW TIL 80% males born in the Soviet Union in 1923 did not survive World War II.
NnvJ TIL during the Islamic Golden Age scientists were paid the equivalent of what pro athletes are paid today.
0PBp TIL that there are only four Japanese men, called Takumis, able to assemble the engine and gear box of the Nissan GT-R, thus limiting monthly production to around 1,000
Z856G TIL that in 1275, the theft of a cow by a peasant led to a war that resulted in 15,000 deaths on the territory of present-day Belgium.
gEQA TIL of Starfish. A 60’s US military experiment designed to see what would happen when a nuke was detonated 250 miles above Earth’s magnetic pole. It resulted in an EMP 900 miles wide, an intense artificial aurora, and a radiation belt that disabled 1/3 of the low orbit satellites and lasted 5 years.