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TIL that only about 1.5 percent of black widow bites are life-threatening (fatality isn't stated)

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l7Da1 TIL that the rivalry between the Beatles and Rolling Stones was mostly media fabrication and that they were secretly helping each other behind the scenes
nlN9 TIL in 1944 by a huge coincidence ,a crossword puzzle was printed with answers all containing D-Day operation “code names”, which sent MI-5 into a panic thinking their invasion plans had been discovered.
VMdPB TIL In 430 BC a plague originating in Egypt broke out- spreading to Persia, Libya and Athens. The plague killed more than a quarter of the population.
LkmlQ TIL there was a Navajo WWII POW in Nagasaki who survived the atomic bomb & was tortured for being "of Japanese descent", despite his denial. When the Japanese realized the secret US military code was in Navajo, they forced him to translate, although it was nonsense to him as he didn't know the code.
694yX TIL: During World War 1, Canadian Soldiers Cunningly Exploited Germans' Trust by Offering Tins of Corned Beef, Only to Later Toss Grenades into Their Trenches