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TIL Minecraft Is Used As A Teaching Tool In Schools

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5VKBQ TIL in 1943, a U.S. bomber took 11 direct hits to its fuel tanks—but none exploded. The bombs were empty, and one carried a Czech note saying, 'This is all we can do for you now.'"
WkNBA TIL that Reagan attempted to consider Ketchup a vegetable to make up for budget cuts to school lunches
kdm7 TIL that in 1995 an Australian doctor created the ‘Deliverance Machine’: a euthanasia device which utilised a software called 'Deliverance’ - patients were posed three questions via a notebook computer, if they answered yes to all three, the machine administered a lethal dose of barbiturates.
XEXaR Today I Learned that simply washing your lenses with soapy water prevents them from fogging when you wear a facemask and that this is a common technique used by surgeons and others in the operating theatre.
KOXB6 TIL The Queen Mother loved the TV show Golden Girls so much she requested a live performance. She was seen chuckling at a joke about Blanche having sex with the paramedic who came after her husband died.