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TIL about Sand Castle, a beach house made of steel & concrete, which can survive 250mph winds

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oLy8 TIL: A half-Jewish man was used in Nazi recruitment posters and dubbed as “The Ideal German Soldier”, before being kicked out for being too Jewish.
a8GwM TIL of the "Variable-Incidence" wing solution to increase angle of attack during take-off and landing without hindering pilot visibility of the runway. It works by moving the entire wing up/down like one was shrugging their shoulders. The F-8 "Crusader" from the late 50s is an iconic example.
9bvG TIL that in 1944, on the verge of the Liberation of Paris, Hitler ordered it’s governor to leave it a “pile of rubble,” and destroy all religious and historical monuments. The Governor refused, saving Paris.
lopEG TIL That the British actor David McCallum, nowadays best known as Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard from the TV show NCIS, is a credited songwriter for Dr. Dre's hit song "The Next Episode" due to sampling a part of the song "The Edge".
oBxdo TIL that the sea level is rising everywhere in the world, except along the coasts of Finland and Sweden. But even though the sea is still rising here, it’s just that the land is rising faster