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TIL that about twice as many people died constructing V-2 rockets than the rockets killed throughout it's use as a weapon of war

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GYrjj TIL that the setting for Ghost of Tsushima is based on an actual Mongol/Yuan invasion of Japan, starting at Tsushima Island in 1274. The invaders landed on Komoda beach, were held there until evening, where the battle ended in a final cavalry charge that ended with all of the defenders being slain.
4kNVJ TIL Petroleum County MT is bigger in size than Rhode Island but has just 494 people
OoYyX TIL of Dr. William Moon—a one-eyed man who developed his own reading system for the blind in the 1840s after finding other methods unreliable. He called his method “Moon Code” and based it off of simplified Roman letters, which allowed almost anyone to learn it extremely quickly.
LDX0 TIL- Weather Modification Warfare has been banned by the United Nations
eA0D TIL that one out of every 4 million lobsters is born with a rare genetic defect that turns the lobster blue.