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TIL the German word for ‘birth control pill’ is 'antibabypille’

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V790 TIL there is a Truman Show-type village in the Netherlands created for dementia patients.
vdBr TIL Canadian F-18s have a “false canopy” painted on the underside of the plane to confuse enemy pilots during dogfights.
X0DY8 TIL Before the invention of radar during World War II, incoming enemy warplanes were detected by listening with the aid of "sound locators" that looked more like musical instruments than tools of war.
9YPLD TIL Ohio Cemetery removed and later reinstalled a 6.8ft tall SpongeBob headstone that belongs to Army Sgt. Kimberly Walker
BrOmd TIL that an eyewitness to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theatre appeared on a nationally televised game show with Lucile Ball.