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TIL that the Norweigan resistance during WW2, after having their entire sardine catch requisitioned by the Nazis, took revenge by spiking the sardines with croton oil which is an extremely powerful laxative. Britain was so impressed by this that they followed suit by also spiking German supplies

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QNkbM TIL the bomb meant air India flight 301 In the 80s detonated early, killing two baggage handlers, because perpetrators failed to take into account that Japan does not observe daylight saving time
jN0mM TIL that the WWF'S Iron Sheik, whose shtick was to be pro Iranian and very anti-American (usually alongside Nikolai Volkoff in the 80s), had previously been an assistant coach on the U.S. National Wrestling Team during the Olympics.
VBNYG TIL that Dryococelus australis, a stick insect considered extinct since 1920, was rediscovered in 2001 in the only bush in Ball's pyramid–an uninhabited islet in the Pacific Ocean between Australia and New Zealand, and the tallest volcanic stack in the world.
E1Y0p TIL there is only one photo of Neil Armstrong on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission but his back is to the camera, rendering it unusable & as a result, all of the widely circulated/most iconic photos of an Apollo 11 astronaut on the moon are actually of Buzz Aldrin.
dD5dE TIL About the 'Balloon Hoax'. Perpetrated by Edgar Allen Poe in The New York Sun it purported to tell the story of a three day lighter than air balloon trip across the Atlantic. The story was revealed as a hoax two days later.