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TIL a stranded Dutch warship, the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, evaded Japanese bombers in WWII by disguising itself as an island.

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x91o TIL in WWII the Russians trained dogs to run under German tanks with bombs on their backs. However, the tanks the dogs were trained to run under were Russian so they ended up running under the Russian tanks and blowing them up instead.
ovkA TIL that there are 4 competing theories on why shower curtains blow inward when taking a shower
E0Vd TIL Scientists isolated bacterium from a man’s intestines & used it to fatten mice specially bred to resist obesity. The microbe made up 35% of microorganisms in his digestive tract & a diet formulated to kill off those bacteria reduced the levels to below detection. He lost 113 pounds in 23 weeks.
VMA74 TIL When Robin Williams appeared on 'Inside the Actors Studio' in 2001, an audience member developed a hernia from laughing too hard, and had to be taken away in an ambulance
Vgrm TIL in 2009, a 9yo girl suffered a life-threatening pregnancy as a result of being repeatedly raped by her Step-Father. After the pregnancy was terminated, the performing Doctor and the girl’s mother were excommunicated by the Catholic Church. The Step-Father was not.