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TIL in the Neuhammer disaster, 13 German Stuka bombers dived into the ground due to a flawed weather report.

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6Eobw TIL that Aaron Swartz is dead for nothing.
W7JXL TIL I a Venus day is longer than a Venus year (243 days vs. 225 days)
gMpEX TIL that a 2005 survey by the British Cheese Board reported that Stilton cheese seemed to cause unusual dreams, with 75 per cent of men and 85 per cent of women experiencing "odd and vivid" dreams after eating a serving of the cheese half an hour before sleeping.
DxgP TIL In 2004, Pizza Hut fired a delivery driver who shot and killed a robber while on the job.
py6b TIL that for over a century (colonial times-WWII) May 1st was ‘Moving Day’ in New York when tenants along with their belongings abandoned their abodes to criss-cross the city in mass migration to fresh dwellings.