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TIL that between 1941 and 1942 the soviets tried to train "Anti-tank dogs" to blow up German tanks. However the dogs would usually run back into the trenches killing soviet soldiers.

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p8RGN TIL that in an attempt to make his spy novels feel more authentic, author John Le Carré is credited with coining a number of terms for his fictional intelligence agency (terms like mole, honey trap, pavement artist, asset babysitter) which have become common terms used in real intelligence agencies.
JG8l TIL Alexander Hamilton wanted the US to have a king and hated the idea of giving people the right to vote.
0wYpM TIL playwright and actor Noël Coward never publically confirmed that he was homosexual, even when it was known. When making a statement on his sexuality, he just said that "There are still a few old ladies in Worthing who don't know.".
a46J TIL that before the dominance of HTML on the web, a protocol called GOPHER existed. Despite its linear navigation, lack of an hyperlink function, not having images, and the current lack of support from the main browsers, gopher:// sites such as Twitpher exist in a parallel, bizarre text driven web.
neEwd TIL the Ancient Egyptian historian Manetho claimed that Moses was an Egyptian priest named Osarseph who led a colony of leper slaves and invited barbarians to destroy Egypt. After 13 years, the pharaoh Amenhotep and his son Ramses drive them out of Egypt. Osarseph then changes his name to Moses.