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TIL that more people died on the last day of WWI than on D-Day, despite commanders knowing that the war was essentially over.

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7rYpO TIL that the original First Edition of Roald Dahl’s “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory” didn’t have Oompa Loompas, but an African pygmy tribe that he “rescued” from Africa.
GYNeJ TIL Spain’s S-80 submarine program designed subs that were 70 tonnes too heavy, and likely sink when submerged. Cost overruns to fix it are expected to reach $9 billion. The problem was traced back to an engineer misplacing a decimal point, and had been called the most expensive math error ever.
DQNRg TIL Caecilians have evolved resistance to elapid snake venom independently at least 15 times, with some species being entirely immune. The only caecilians that do not have resistance to the neurotoxins are species in Seychelles, which has no elapid snakes on these islands.
yQY7e TIL Norwegians eat less sugar today than they did in 1975
mxOdP TIL that Danny Devito was an executive producer for Pulp Fiction