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TIL that during WW2 Ireland’s President and Prime Minister both sent Germany their condolences on Hitler’s death.

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e0p5b TIL that in 1964 paintings by a chimpanzee were displayed in a Swedish art gallery pseudonym "Pierre Brasau", supposedly an unknown french artist. The paintings were praised by critics, one of which went as far as to say "Pierre is an artist who performs with the delicacy of a ballet dancer."
AN9nx TIL, out of top ten Air Forces in the world, USA occupies 4 spots. US Air Force is 1st, US Army Aviation branch is 2nd, US Naval Air Force is 4th and US Marine Corps Aviation is 7th. Talk about overkill.
VMAX8 TIL that an asteroid was named after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2007 in recognition of her finishing 2nd in an international science fair while she was in high school.
VMpxQ TIL in 2007, Navy SEAL Mike Day was shot 27 times by four Al Qaeda gunmen and hit by grenade shrapnel, but he killed all four of the gunmen and walked out to the extraction helicopter. He recovered and is living with his wife and daughters.
dyKj TIL that the highest flying bird is the Ruppell’s vulture; one was injested by a jet at 37,000 feet.