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TIL: Only two companies have a higher credit rating than the US Government, Microsoft and Johnson&Johnson

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D8xD TIL that the British RAF in WWII started a propaganda campaign that eating carrots improved your eyesight. They did this so the Nazis wouldn’t suspect the RAF’s use of radar.
nWv99 TIL: The punishment of the dogs was an annual sacrifice of Rome where live dogs were suspended from a cross & paraded. In the same procession, Geese were decorated in gold and purple and carried in honor. Because The Dogs didn't Bark and the Geese honked When the Gauls launched a nocturnal assault.
PYQpL TIL that a canadian man changed his name to Above Znoneofthe for an election to trick people into voting for him.
vP6mB TIL during World War II, Papua New Guinean ‘Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels’ carried 750 wounded up/down the Kokoda Trail. They prioritized feeding patients & built shelter with 4 sleeping on each side at night. No known injured soldier was ever abandoned by the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, even during heavy combat.
5Yv98 TIL Fabio Lanzoni once killed a goose with his face while riding a roller coaster