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TIL that After Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchhill stated in his diary that the war had just been won.

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JYpd4 TIL 90% of Australians live within 100km of the ocean
ORBL TIL the Black Death arrived in Norway on a ghost ship that just so happened become beached near a major port. Even tho all the crew had died the surviving rats and flees managed to spread the disease throughout the country and later to Sweeden and Russia.
gMZM7 TIL Despite the cold climate, bananas have been grown in Iceland since 1941.
wLjwE TIL that earthworms don’t come to the surface after it rains because they can survive underwater for up to 2 weeks. They surface after a heavy rain for migration purposes.
PYwJV TIL that Charles Morton, a 17th century minister and scientist, wrote a treatise on how birds migrated to the Moon and back every winter. Morton believed that they would encounter no air resistance or be affected by gravity, and use excess fat to sustain themselves.