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TIL Kamikazes were the most effective anti-ship weapon in history: 100% of the ships attacked by at least two kamikazes were forced to go for repairs

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Xdn6 TIL the phrase"cold shoulder"stems from a particular way to serve food to an unwanted guest.In this case “cold shoulder” was the serving of an inferior cut of meat, namely a"cold shoulder of mutton"to an uninvited guest, as opposed to serving a hot meal that was fresh out of the oven to an invitee.
5Nxk TIL that “A Scanner Darkly” was the first novel Philip K Dick wrote without the help of amphetamines.
awdEy Today I Learned the ambulance service in most towns used to be ran by the funeral home. So if you needed to be taken to the hospital, you called the funeral home, and they’d use their hearse to transport you to the hospital (until purpose built ambulances became available in the late ‘60s & ‘70s).
JYdpV TIL that according to Italian folklore, on the same night that Mary gave birth to Jesus, a virgin cat in Bethlehem gave birth to a kitten
b0DE TIL that Lebanon was one of only Arab countries that did not declare war on Israel after its creation and, until the early 1970s, had an armistice with Israel and was Israel’s calmest boarder.