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TIL That Japan’s surrender following the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki may have been due in part to the “confession” of the captured US pilot Marcus McDilda, revealed under totrture that the US had 100 atomic bombs and would bomb Tokyo and Kyoto next.

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OGBrY TIL scientists made a computer model and concluded that giraffes would perform poorly compared to other mammals and are hence likely to avoid swimming if possible.
LQvnd TIL “bleb” is a real scientific term referring to bulging cell membranes.
4WZJ TIL Bill Nye has a protective order against his ex wife because she used herbicide to damage his garden.
66g8 TIL the Samurai wore a cloak that inflated when the wearer was riding a horse, which protected him from incoming arrows from behind.
69eLY TIL February 1 is World Galgo Day, signifying the end of the hunting season in Spain and the brutal killing of the hunting dog. An estimated 50,000 to 100,000 Galgos and Podencos are killed, often brutally, each year