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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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AD5oB Today I Learned that Hobo, tramp and bum are not synonyms rather a strict hierarchy: Hobos travel and occasionally work; tramps just travel and bums do neither.
KOJx9 TIL The United States Air Force has an official rock band called “Max Impact”
VVW8 TIL That in the original version of The Hobbit, Gollum surrenders the Ring to Bilbo as a reward for winning a Riddle Game. However, as Tolkien was conceiving the nature of the Ring, he realized that the Ring’s grip on Gollum would never permit him to give it up willingly.
lonJ7 TIL that during WWII Audie Murphy earned every US Army combat award for valor, and several French and Belgian awards for heroism. He earned the Medal of Honor at 19 for holding off a company of German soldiers for an hour, then leading a successful counter attack while out of ammo and wounded.
8ZkL TIL that during the Prohibition era, the US Government made an exception for Whiskey to be sold through pharmacies. As a result, the Walgreens pharmacy chain grew from 20 retail stores to almost 400.