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TIL most tornados occur between 3pm and 7pm

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jNlYM TIL that the Highest Ranking UN POW captured in the Korean War was US General William F. Dean. The N. Korean advance in 1950 was so rapid, it caught up Dean's HQ, forcing him to participate in the fighting. The general personally fought as tank-hunter & knocked out a few tanks before being captured.
E1xr7 TIL The McDonnell Douglas F-15 can reach 30,000 ft (9,100m) in 60 seconds and has a thrust-to-weight ratio that allows the aircraft to accelerate while flying straight up. It is also the only aircraft to ever shoot down a satellite orbiting in space.
vPXP4 TIL that during the American Civil War, agents of the Confederacy attempted to spread yellow fever in the North (using contaminated blankets) in one of the earliest recorded examples of biological warfare.
x66M0 TIL rawhide bones can be dangerous, even fatal for dogs
bX4Z TIL that “the” is pronounced as “thee” when before a vowel sound, as opposed to “thuh”