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TIL the Children’s Books Co-Authored by Henry Winkler Utilize a Font That Helps Prevent Dyslexics From Flipping the Letters

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4kebR TIL 18 aircraft from the US Army Air Forces' 100th Bombardment Group were sent on an Allied bombing raid on Münster, Germany in 1943. 5 were forced to turn back before reaching Münster & of the 13 that carried on, only 1 plane returned to base. The group became known as the "Bloody Hundredth."
mmZy TIL the internet weighs about the same as a strawberry
x6Vok TIL In June 2019, the 350 residents of Sommaroy—which translates into “Summer Island”—signed a petition to make their home that sits west of Tormso north of the atlantic circle, the world's first time-free zone during the midnight sun period, from May 18 to July
4bj5 TIL about the 1918 public lynching of Mary Turner. Turner (8 months pregnant) was hung upside down and set on fire. While still alive, her abdomen was cut open, causing her child to fall to the ground where she watched the lynch mob stomp him to death.
N7VMM TIL that machine spun cotton candy was invented by a dentist in 1904 and then in 1921 a similar machine was invented, again by a dentist