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TIL during WWII, Britain developed a plan to spread anthrax through infected animal feed to cripple German food supplies

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R7mpl TIL that not only did Brittany Murphy not die of drug OD/intoxication, but her widower husband died just 5 months later in the same manner: acute pneumonia and extreme anemia. To this day no one is sure what exactly caused their deaths.
D1bLr TIL there was nearly a Chernobyl size nuclear accident near Denver caused by a plutonium fire at a nuclear weapons production facility
Yplev TIL that a NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson was the only American not on Earth when the 9/11 attacks occurred. His morning call started with “Well, Frank, we’re not having a very good day down here on earth.”
4XMOX TIL that there are parrots native to Argentina roaming around New Jersey suburban towns for over 30 years.
KY6L6 TIL the King of Norway's firstborn, Princess Märtha Louise, is a self-described 'clairvoyant'. She has started a school for communicating with angels and dead souls, and is currently dating a self-described shaman.