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TIL that during WW2, a unit of the US Army called the 442nd Battalion(a unit made up almost entirely of Japanese Americans) scaled a <1000 foot cliff in complete darkness to launch a surprise attack on the Germans and break the Gothic Line.

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0wXZj TIL Siamese cats developed crossed eyes naturally to compensate for a genetic flaw in their eye structure where the left retina tilts right and the right retina tilts left. Looking straight ahead, it sees two different images. Crossing its eyes places the retinas in line to see more clearly.
50l8 TIL New Zealand Victoria Cross recepitant James Ward, won it for actions during a raid over Germany on 7 July 1941. When his aircraft was set on fire, Ward crawled out onto the wing, several thousand feet in the air, and smothered the flames out. The bomber made it back
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