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TIL that Duck Tape (duct tape, 100mph tape, speed tape, etc.) was originally invented to seal ammo boxes in WWII

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5jDr TIL a pegion named “Cher Ami” despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood and with a leg hanging only by a tendon flew 40kms to deliver S.O.S message & saved the lives of 194 soldiers in WW1.
Ge7j TIL that the Golden State Fence Company, hired to build part of the US-Mexico border wall, was fined US$5M for hiring illegal immigrant workers.
nW94d TIL in 1984, two masked men kidnapped the president of Glico, the maker of Pocky, naked from his house for ransom. The president later escaped but the men were never caught. They later taunted police in letters and called themselves The Monster with 21 Faces
gMWGy TIL that spills in an ice hotel are cleaned with an ice pick and then packed with snow.
R74Z8 TIL that women’s shirt buttons were on the left because they were meant to be buttoned by others (maids for wealthy women back then).