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TIL that Operation Valkyrie, a plot to kill Hitler, failed because the bag containing the bomb was moved at the last second by a Nazi Official, saving Hitler

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YoRW TIL Leonardo Da Vinci sketched a design for an armor-clad robot. A robot was built based on the sketch and was found to be fully functional
R7aQl TIL the United States Air Force F-22A Raptor stealth fighter jet "has a radar cross-section smaller than a bumblebee, making it nearly undetectable." And the Raptor's radar "changes frequencies over 1,000 times per second to deter detection by enemy forces."
kJaB TIL that Oreos in Canada are made with coconut oil, which apparently gives them a different taste than their US counterparts.
p8884 TIL that making a purple pigment used to dye clothes for royalty in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome involved harvesting the pigment from rotting snails. The stench was so bad that Jewish law specifically granted women the right to divorce any husband who became a dyer after marrying.
d1l7 TIL Indian Soldiers were abandoned to die as per the official orders at Dunkirk but Colonel Ashdown of The Royal Indian Army Service Corps disobeyed the order and saved the Indian Soldiers for which he was court martialled.