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TIL Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for You Only Live Twice

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nWZ4Y TIL that the majority of people make purchasing decisions based on emotional connections to a brand, not rational features - which is why storytelling has become the most valuable marketing tool
OojW4 TIL a German stranger in a street interview predicted Germany's 7-1 win over Brazil in 2014
OogY6 TIL: The first evidence of domestic dogs is from 14,500 years ago where a puppy was buried with its two owners
7MDM TIL that in 1956, for a bet, while drunk, Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a small plane from New Jersey and then landed it perfectly on a narrow Manhattan street in front of the bar he had been drinking at. Then, two years later, he did it again after a man didn’t believe he had done it the first time.
k7x5 TIL a dentist in the US Army during World War II was shot 24 times while defending an aid station from the Japanese. Although he killed up to 98 attackers, allowing the wounded to be evacuated, his Medal of Honor was delayed because medical officers were not supposed to bear arms against the enemy.