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TIL There were several mishaps on the way to bomb Nagasaki,1945. In the rush to launch before bad weather, shortcuts were taken that imperiled the mission, and the plane nearly ran out of gas.

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rNRZx TIL about unisexual mole salamanders which are an all-female complex of salamanders that 'steal' sperm from up to five different species of salamanders in the genus Ambystoma and recombine it to produce female hybrid offspring. This method of reproduction is called kleptogenesis.
dxZ TIL that the State of Washington was originally named Columbia, but, in order to prevent confusion with the District of Columbia, its name was changed to Washington
GgvN TIL that six lionfish that escaped from an aquarium in Florida destroyed by Hurricane Andrew have now grown into a population so invasive they threaten reef fish habitations throughout the Caribbean.
YpDpP TIL as of April 2018, Swaziland has been renamed as Eswatini, one of the reasons behind the King's decision to rename the country was that "...abroad, people refer to us as Switzerland."
OZ6 TIL Hitler so admired the Greek resistance to the invading German army in WW2 that he ordered the release of all Greek POWs for “their gallant bearing”.