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TIL The first (UAV) unmanned, remote controlled, video camera guided aircraft assault drone was built in 1942

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jlrQ TIL: Decimate is one of the most misused words today. It means to remove 1/10th, but is usually used in place of words like obliterate or annihilate.
dQb9 TIL almost all Koreans lack the gene that causes armpit odor therefore not requiring deodorant
JYB14 TIL that in 1410, King Martin of Aragon died from a combination of indigestion and uncontrollable laughter triggered by a joke told by his favourite court jester.
JP01 TIL Melbourne, Australia was originally settled by John Batman who declared the land Batmania
Y70Rv TIL hummingbirds, numbering about 340 species, are only found in the wild in North and South America. There are birds that drink nectar in Africa and Asia, and they are also small and colorful like hummingbirds, but they are called sunbirds.