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TIL that red grapefruits were created by growing grapefruit trees next to radioactive material, mutating their DNA to make them more desirable

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QWK9 TIL in WWII a woman-only Soviet bomber regiment were nicknamed the “Night Witches” by German soldiers. For a successful bombing run, the Witches would cut the engine of their archaic and noisy aircraft. Gliding in, they would release their bombs before the enemy even knew they were there.
1a4MD TIL during World War 2, Hawaii’s Japanese population—about 158,000, more than one third of the territory’s total population—did not face mass removal and imprisonment similar to what happened on the mainland.
xVwnD TIL of HMS Diamond Rock, which was commissioned as a Royal Navy warship despite being an uninhabited minor Caribbean island between Martinique and St. Lucia. Other British warships had to salute it when passing it.
xVeyw TIL in 1994, R&B singer R Kelly married fellow R&B singer Aaliyah when she was only 15 years old. The marriage was annulled later that year and they both agreed to never speak of it again.
Z5Yv TIL that in the United States, Asians earn the highest average salary by race. (repost-self)