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TIL Until the early 60's it was earnestly believed that there were active volcanoes on the moon.

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XEolP TIL of the Great Tokyo Air Raid (1945) during which 1665 tons of incendiary bombs were dropped on Tokyo in a span of 3 hrs, resulting in 100k deaths and 1M displaced. It's considered the most destructive bombing raid in human history.
OMQ7 TIL a man in India created and patented a machine which could manufacture low-cost sanitary pads for less than a third of the cost of commercial pads and provided the machines to self-help groups run by women all over India.
x6oDo TIL Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Picture Show) voiced Nigel Thornberry in Nickelodeon’s The Wild Thornberries
Y71VP TIL that a racing greyhound can reach a full speed of at least 21.3 m/s (77 km/h) 47 mph.
7Gyb TIL A U.S. infantryman named Bill Millin stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day playing bagpipes. German snipers didn’t shoot him because they thought he was insane.