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TIL all toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads

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oB1kE TIL The only known armed Nazi military operation on North American soil was installation of Weather Station Kurt by a German u-boat team. It was accidentally discovered in 1977.
xdn1 TIL that North Korea had used ‘poo bombs’ - balloons carrying packages of used toilet roll, on South Korea. Military officials there were forced to open and check those 'packages’ for possible biochemical weapons.
5VeoR TIL until the early 1970s, funeral homes in the US doubled as ambulance services. If you were hurt or sick, you’d probably be transported to the hospital in a hearse.
epYZ6 TIL For 10 days in 2005, garage door openers stopped working in Ottawa, Canada over a 25 mile radius. The US Embassy and Canadian Military were suspected of using a 390Mhz transmitter overpowering the door openers but both denied it. The transmissions ended suddenly and were never explained.
k6yg TIL that the word ‘Bookkeeper’, and its variations, is the only unhyphenated word to contain 3 consecutive double letters