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DoxV TIL that during WW2, American scientists debated bombing Japanese volcanoes in order to cause massive lava eruptions
DNpg TIL the first thing Reagan said to his wife after his attempted assassination is “Honey, I forgot to duck.”
mG9Y TIL that in 19th century England, a man by the name of Jack Black was an expert rat catcher. When he caught rats of unusual colour, he would breed them and sell the well bred rats to nobility. Even Queen Victoria kept a pet rat or two.
oRv7o TIL that Ed Gein is buried in the same cemetery as his two murder victims, Mary Hogan and Bernice Worden
D6rg TIL that a failed coup lead by pilots of King’s Hassan II of Morocco attacked his Boeing 727 jetliner using four Northrop F-5 jets. Damaging the fuselage, the king himself grabbed the radio and shouted “Stop firing! The tyrant is dead!” Fooling the rebel pilots to break off their attack.