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TIL Brazilian priest, Father Adelir Antonio de Carli, died after he floated out over the ocean suspended by hundreds of helium-filled party balloons and crashed into the ocean

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QaRM TIL Gen. George Patton took the German city of Trier despite being ordered to bypass it because it was estimated that 4 divisions would be required to take it, He responded “ Have taken Trier with 2 divisions,Do you want me to give it back? ”
yQDap TIL: About two stories of amazing women who were nurses at Pearl Harbor (one on a medical ship, one at a land hospital, both equally courageous.) Grace Lally, Myrtle Watson, and all of the other healers who often go unrecognized - I salute you.
neajW TIL of Charlotte Reid, the first woman to wear pants to Congress (1969). Women were forbidden to wear pants onto the floor until 1993
G0YN TIL Donald Duck is so loved in Scandinavian countries that in Sweden they had to make him illegal to vote for in political elections. In 2005 in Norway ¼ of the total population read the Donald Duck Magazine, and “Donaldism” became a thing.
wLJ47 TIL that in South Africa a flamethrower attachment for BMW's was sold which was designed to blind, but not kill, carjackers.