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TIL That the US Navy trialled a form of active camouflage called Yehudi lights on torpedo bombers during WWII

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epExJ TIL in 1912 Republican presidential candidate Robert M. La Follette gave a speech to a group of 500 journalists in which he berated the group as being corrupt and working with the trusts. The group was shocked and thought he had a mental breakdown; a friend quipped he’d “killed himself politically.”
wLZm1 TIL about Nameless, Texas. After submitting six names in order to get a post office and having all six rejected, citizens responded by stating, "Let the post office be nameless and be damned!" The government accepted this suggestion and the town of Nameless was born.
nKJP TIL that while New Coke was a bomb, the return of the original formula as Coca-Cola Classic was very successful. When asked if New Coke was a conspiracy to promote the soda, an executive replied “We’re not that dumb, and we’re not that smart”.
epKxb TIL that in the 1930s, the most famous model in the world was a mannequin named Cynthia who was sent dresses from top fashion houses, jewelry from Tiffany and Cartier, and was even invited to the wedding of the Duke of Windsor Edward and Wallis Simpson.
epRXg TIL about a lawsuit: Allegedly in 2020, a woman noticed a foul smell when her son was in ICU but nurses could not locate the source. Then while her son was intubated and on a respirator, a pipe mishap above the ceiling caused the spilling of hundreds of gallons of human wastewater on her and her son