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oBboA TIL about Operation Mincemeat during WW2 where the British dressed up a dead body as a royal marine and placed on his person misleading evidence that the allies would invade Greece, not Sicily. The body was found by the Germans, who rerouted their resources, and the allies attacked and won Sicily
69l7 TIL The Jetsons only aired 3 seasons, the first in 1962 and the second and third in 1985-1987, over two decades later
VRQk TIL that in 1970, the State of Connecticut denied a gay man a driver’s license on the basis that his sexuality made him dangerous to other drivers
neb7b TIL Kyrgyz goats have a lump of fat on their back that is considered a delicacy, and these animals can fetch extreme prices
Nok6 TIL that the first recorded utterance attributable to a native of Scotland was made when a Roman lady criticized the sexual morals of Caledonian women, and a Caledonian woman replied: “We consort openly with the best of men while you allow yourselves to be debauched in private by the worst”