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TIL the world’s largest cockroach is called “Megaloblatta longipennis”

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vPp14 TIL that on June 12, 1942, a Beaufighter Mk.1C conducted a raid in broad daylight at very low altitude along the Champs-Élysées to drop a French flag and then attacked the headquarters Gestapo building with a rocket.
7rKkO TIL that outside of the US, when an English speaking government "tables" a proposal, it means they are putting it up for consideration. In the US it means the exact opposite: putting it away, no longer considering it.
Oo654 TIL in 2010, Nestlé refused to watch a documentary about child slave labor in the cocoa industry and their involvement in it. In response, the film's director set up a large screen next to Nestle’s headquarters in Switzerland playing the film.
Y7GEB TIL that Christopher Guest who played Nigel Tufnel on This Is Spinal Tap was also a member of the British House of Lords.
AN09n TIL In 1971, the Finnish Broadcasting Company built a TV-mast in Espoo, which unintentionally transmitted Finnish shows to viewers in Soviet Estonia. Despite efforts to jam the signals by the Soviets, Finnish broadcasts drew larger audiences in northern Estonia than Soviet Central Television did.