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TIL there’s a conspiracy theory that Belgium doesn’t exist

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D1r5r TIL of "Private SNAFU" - an animated training series developed by Frank Capra and written by Dr. Seuss for the US military during WW2. Walt Disney was supposed to develop the cartoons and wanted exclusive ownership to the "SNAFU" character, but Warner Bros. outbid him and secured the rights instead.
Rnx6 TIL that during wwII, the german forces built fake airfields with fake wooden planes in it. The allied forces waited until they finished them, then sent out air raids in which they dropped wooden bombs on them.
VL40 TIL - Al-Aziz Uthman, Sultan Of Egypt And Son of Saladin, Tried To Tear Down The Great Pyramids at Giza, But After Removing Only ~400 Stones In 8 Months, Gave Up On The Expensive Project, Leaving A Gash On The Smallest Of The Three Massive Structures
GD4J TIL that Al Gore’s documentary, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, was held by the British High Court to have nine errors in it, and cannot be shown in schools unless teachers point out the potentially problematic sections.
69PNJ TIL that direct gaze can serve as an explicit and implicit signal of threat or dominance, indicating that overt physical aggression might soon follow, and one should avoid it with predators.