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TIL in 1969 North Korea shot down a US surveillance aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board and that the US did not retaliate at all.

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e0RD5 TIL the mile is based off a bunch of Roman guys deciding to take a thousand paces and call that a mile
nWKlY TIL that the first known literary usage of OMG was in a letter written to Winston Churchill in 1917
8ag48 Today I Learned: The famous "Blue Waffle" shock image/hoax likely shows the application of gentian violet antifungal medication to treat a yeast infection
X0nAR TIL Johnny Cash was the first American to hear of Joseph Stalin’s death via Morse code when he was stationed in Germany
5Y15p TIL 30 Billion honey bees from around the US are shipped to California once a year to pollinate almond trees. They are then shipped to other parts of the country through the year for the same purpose.