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TIL that the name "Big Ben" refers to the bell itself, not the entire clock tower.

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LdbP TIL - A WW2 Observation pilot got bored of not being in combat and decided to strap 6 bazooka’s to his plane destroying several tanks and armoured vehicles .
KO14G TIL Navajo Code Talkers were commended for the skill, speed and accuracy they demonstrated throughout WWII. One officer said, "Were it not for the Navajos the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima". They were also assigned bodyguards to protect them from fellow Americans: or kill them if captured.
D1Dpg TIL of Gao Changgong, a Chinese general whose features were feminine, so he wore a terrifying mask into battle to inspire his soldiers.
grOk8 TIL that a dump truck caused a New York City elevated freeway to collapse in 1973. The truck was found to have been 9 tons overloaded and the company operating it was blamed. The contract to clean up the results of the failure was subsequently awarded to the same company.
gD48 TIL a “Devil’s Garden” occurs in the Amazon Rainforest when certain ants remove competing flora and fauna and protect one specific tree and the tree in turn provides the ants with specialized hollow stems for nest sites which can host up to 3 million ants for 800 years