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TIL Operation Marigold, a failed secret attempt by a Polish diplomat which would've ended Vietnam War much earlier had it succeeded

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YpxkP TIL George Washington, the son of a black slave, founded the town of Centralia in Washington state. Washington helped fellow residents in many ways, including selling property for little money down, offering loans at no interest, and providing work when no other was available
ZA6B TIL African Wild Dogs (Lycaon Pictus) are some of the most efficient hunters in the world, with 80% of hunts ending in a kill. For comparison, Lions have a success rate of around 30%.
m1aJy TIL in 1940, when Paramount asked Fleischer Studios to created a Superman cartoon, Fleischer thought it would be too hard to make. In an attempt to avoid making the cartoon, they quoted four times the cost of an average cartoon for the budget ($100k). To their shock, Paramount agreed to the budget.
XEJOk TIL One of the most inaccurately named men in history was Charles Coward. While in German captivity, he traded clothes with a Jewish inmate so that he could report to the British on what was happening in Auschwitz, and he later testified in Nuremberg.
bydp TIL that rice alone provides more than 1/5 of all the calories consumed by humans.