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TIL The allies psychoanalysed the mind of Hitler during the war, and from their diagnosis made several correct predictions about his future behaviour.

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0W85 TIL the Polish 303 Squadron claimed the highest number of kills (126) of all fighter squadrons engaged in the Battle of Britain. Constituting 5% of the pilots active during the Battle of Britain, they were responsible for 12% of total victories
PYxBe TIL When a male penguin falls in love with a female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her
Rnmw TIL there is a font specifically designed to help those with dyslexia, which “weighs down” letters to prevent them from moving around.
PYPJn TIL every Dec 25th, a town in Peru celebrates "Takanakuy" where men, women and children settle grudges from the past year by calling each other out and having a fist fight. Then everybody goes drinking to numb the pain and move on to a new year.
nyQB TIL Senator William Spong of Virginia, to prevent his name from being mispronounced as “Sponge”, made his first act as senator introducing a bill called the Long Fong Spong Hong Kong Song Bill, which would protect the songwriters in Hong Kong. This was, of course, cosponsored by Sen. Long and Fong.