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TIL after WWII, the Department of War was renamed Department of Defense

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5YRXn TIL that Tiger Moths can beat their wings in a way that noise cancels a hunting bat's echolocation attempts to find it.
KZ49 TIL that the most recorded musician in history is Carol Kaye, a bass guitarist who recorded with the Beach Boys, Joe Cocker and others and she’s 79 years old and available for music lessons on Skype.
a5XA TIL that a guy named Seth Putnam wrote a song about how being in a coma was stupid, and soon after went into a coma himself. After he awoke, when asked how it felt to be in a coma he said, “It was just as f*cking stupid as I wrote about in my song”.
nPrG TIL the forests of Chernobyl are not decomposing, making scientists concerned of a possible “nuclear forest fire.”
D17kp TIL Walt Disney World near Orlando briefly had a real airport with a singing runway. Grooves in the tarmac were spaced so the lines played the opening notes of "When You Wish Upon a Star" when planes rolled over them. The airport closed in 1972.