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TIL Photographer Robert Capa was the only photographer or journalist to land on Normandy with the first wave of troops. He took 106 pictures. Due to a later lab accident, only 11 survived.

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P1nXe TIL that the largest earthquake in history was in Valdivia, Chile with a magnitude of 9.5 and a fault line of over 1000 miles. A magnitude 10 quake or higher is impossible because the fault line would have to encircle the earth, and no fault line is that long.
D1Kgr TIL That the US state of Vermont is paying people $10,000 to have people move there and work remotely for an out of state employer
ZwMp TIL Devil’s Breath, scopolamine, is a drug that south American criminals blow into the face of victims to turn them into compliant ‘zombies’ who will empty their bank accounts & hand over their valuables when asked, then retain no memory of any of the events later, leaving the criminals unidentified
ND01 TIL that In 2015 a Chinese woman who was missing for a decade and presumed dead was found living in an internet cafe playing games for 10 years.
Brdrx TIL The Sun Perfectly Aligns with 5 Ellipses in 5 Pillars, representing each branch of the military, Illuminating the United States Seal, Every Year on Veterans Day at Exactly 11:11am