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TIL that the fatality rate was so high for airmen in the WWII years of 1942-1943, it was statistically impossible for a flight crew to finish a 25-mission tour in Europe

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1aaPr TIL after the India-Pakistan partition in August 1947, the Reserve Bank of India served as the Central Bank of Pakistan till June 1948
REa9 TIL : there is an ongoing electrical storm in Venezuela ( Catatumbo lightning ) that’s been going on for years
X064P TIL Waking up at 3 a.m. is common nowadays and favored our ancestors in changing the guard that warned of the dangers. An alteration in our metabolism at this time is responsible for this.
gMQQ9 TIL the 1958 horror movie "The Blob" had a bizarrely ridiculous but awesome theme song.
LkDbQ TIL prop masters make and test fake drugs before they’re used in movies like The Wolf of Wall Street. Cornstarch or Vitamin B powder for cocaine, oregano or hobby store moss for marijuana, freeze-dried regular mushrooms for magic mushrooms.