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TIL during the third reich, a company made a board game version of the holocaust called ‘Juden Raus’

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jxj TIL 30 Japanese hornets can take down 30000 European honey bees.
oR1NK TIL about the lugger, "Greyhound" - a modern 3 masted lugger ferrying cargo between european ports under full/almost-full sail power.
Lk7ev TIL that a park ranger on Rinca Island was attacked by a Komodo dragon in his own office after a cleaner had left the door open the night before. The dragon was hiding under his desk when he sat down. The smell of blood attracted more outside. The ranger was taken to the hospital and recovered.
oOBW TIL Walt Disney had his mustache accidentally lit on fire by the animator Ken Anderson. Ken was worried that he’d be fired, and it was showing in his work, so Walt shaved his mustache and spent the week eating lunch with Ken so he wouldn’t feel so alienated.
WkMyo Today I Learned that Daylight Savings Time was first proposed by a man who, as he studied bugs after his shift-work job, wanted more daylight after work.