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TIL that the first full size radio-operated military drone was developed in 1935 in the form of the de Havilland DH-82B Queen Bee. Originally developed by the Royal Navy for target practice, it could take off and land without human operation and more than 400 were constructed.

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yWyJ TIL Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, during his trial when accused of murdering three and a half million people, replied, “No. Only two and one half million—the rest died from disease and starvation.”
v1Qvr TIL Cats have contributed to the extinction of 60+ species
YpkB TIL there was a war named after Toyota, due to their pickup trucks being used as war vehicles
nexRG TIL: During the kidnapping of Israeli athletes at the Olympic games in 1972, police dressed as athletes were planning to sneak attack the kidnappers. But local television crews were broadcasting them on live TV and the kidnappers were made aware of the plan.
W7Jm9 TIL In 1944 the Japanese Cruiser IJN Tone sunk a British freighter and took 108 survivors onboard, against orders. Admiral Sakonju ordered the prisoners be 'disposed of' and 76 were taken out to sea and Beheaded. Sakonju was hung for war crimes in 1948.