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TIL Operation Tracer was a top-secret WWII mission in which six men were to be buried alive inside the Rock of Gibraltar so they could monitor enemy movements after the Rock’s capture. There was no way out and anyone who died within the chamber would have to be embalmed and cemented into the floor.

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NlpQ TIL President James A. Garfield entertained friends by writing in Greek with one hand and Latin with the other at the same time.
a8NMb TIL Australian wallabies have been found to make crop circles in Tasmania after ingesting opium poppies.
4xbR TIL that there is a special (some say secret) room at the Naples National Archaeological Museum that contains incredibly erotic art discovered during the excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum.
GYw0J TIL Bobby Fischer invented the Fischer clock, the standard chess clock in major tournaments. It was even used in his match against Spassky in 1992. Fischer later complained he was cheated out of the royalties.
wD71 TIL A 2015 U.K. survey found 49% of respondents listed ‘no religion’, while 42% indicated they were Christians