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TIL that in World War II the Untied States developed bomb carrying bats for use against Japan.

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xVOro TIL an off-duty Brazilian policeman in uniform had a cell phone in his back pocket when he visited his parents to do laundry. His parents were being held hostage by 2 robbers; when the policeman turned to flee, the robbers shot him in the buttock, but his Nokia Lumia 520 phone stopped the bullet.
b6YQp TIL that Daryl Hall made his first solo album with Robert Fripp of King Crimson and RCA hated it so much they shelved it for 3 years.
x6Zbo TIL that in the late 18th century some wealthy individuals would pay poor people (preferably younger) to extract their teeth and have it transplanted into an empty socket. Results were usually unsuccessful.
NMKJ TIL a 6 year old boy was convinced that he lived a previous life. He would sometimes miss his old family so badly to the point of tears. He and his mother, being accompanied by film crew and a child Phycologist, took a plane to the hometown he spoke of and the results were uncanny to say the least.
o1Lr TIL that before Alcoa could build an aluminum smelting plant in Iceland, the government had to certify that the area was “elf-free”.