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TIL that today (13th of September) is Roald Dahl Day. (Author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Witches, etc.)

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gM4lW TIL when Mussolini’s Air Force attacked Malta in WW2, the British garrison had no defense prepared against the air raids. Luckily, they discovered biplanes packed away in crates and were able to assemble three Gladiators to disrupt the Italians for 10 days before reinforcements arrived.
jWXR TIL that the gas cells of early zeppelins were made from cow intestines. It took two hundred and fifty thousand cows to make one airship. During WW1, Germany and its allies ceased production of sausages so that there would be enough cow guts to make zeppelins.
wL4DW TIL of Raoul Wallenberg who is believed to have saved over 100 000 Hungarian Jews during WW2 by faking passports, and was never seen again after disappearing at the end of the war. Most likely died in a Moscow prison 1947.
W7LkA TIL that the X-Men: The Animated Series, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, and Dragon Ball Z (English dub) theme songs were written by the same guy...Ron Wasserman.
Br4Vr TIL The meaning of “scapegoat” derives from the Old Testament, first appearing in Leviticus, in which a goat is designated to be cast into the desert to carry away the sins of the community.