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TIL Frankenstein's monster was a vegetarian

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vP0xB TIL about Operation X-Ray, a WW2 program to develop an incendiary bomb attached to the chests of bats. Dropped in a tube over Japanese cities, it was thought that the bats would go to roost under the eaves of the largely wooden buildings, and when the timed devices went off, the cities would burn.
BPje TIL that it was an Oracle Sales Rep who stormed the cockpit of flight 93 with his last words “Let’s Roll”
maVY TIL the shortest film nominated for an Oscar was under 2 minutes and a stop animation about making guacamole ~ Fresh Guacamole by PES
Wk7x8 TIL that Key West declared war on the U.S. and then hit a U.S. soldier on the head with stale bread then immediately surrendered
GA99J TIL that according to the creation mythology of the Kʼicheʼ Maya, we are living in the fourth world. The gods first created three failed worlds, followed by a successful fourth world in which humanity was placed.