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TIL Roald Dahl was a fighter pilot in WWII

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7VwP TIL that Hugh Thomson, the man who during the Vietnam War had landed a helicopter in the line of fire to confront and stop American troops who had by that point killed close to 500 unarmed civilians in the My Lai Massacre, was labeled a traitor by Congress and ordered not to speak about the event.
BgONx TIL of the juiced ball theory, which suggests that the baseballs used in the MLB have been altered by the league to increase scoring. The theory came about in the late 90s and early 2000s, but the theory receded and has now been attributed to steroid use in the league at that time
XEP5j TIL about the process of Natural Beekeeping and the Kenyan Top Bar Hive which also offers solutions to the falling bee populations
aw4b9 TIL that, although many celebrities are suspected to have Autism Spectrum Disorder, Dan Ackroyd, Daryl Hannah, and Satoshi Tajiri have openly confirmed that they are on the spectrum and have autism.
BVmK TIL the world’s longest lasting light bulb has been burning for the past 113 years