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TIL the roundels on WW2 RAF planes indicate the type of plane

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ZpyAG TIL the world’s largest snow maze is located in Canada, spanning over 2 acres and featuring towering walls up to 20 feet high!
8evkX TIL Mr. Potato Head was the first toy to be marketed on television, and it broke new ground with ads that specifically targeted the children who used the toy, rather than the parents who paid for it.
5YVjD TIL there is an island in Massachusetts named “No Mans Land”. The island is now an unstaffed animal refuge and is closed to public use due to safety risks from “unexploded ordnance”, as it was previously utilized by the U.S. Navy.
WK1o TIL Tardigrades are tiny creatures that are capable of removing the majority of their body water, allowing them to survive in extreme conditions; atmospheric pressures of up to 600 times that of the surface of the earth, 300 degrees below zero and even the vacuum and radiation in space.
OpxY TIL that during the burning of Washington D.C., in the War of 1812, a tornado formed in the middle of the city and headed toward Capitol Hill killing British soldiers and destroying cannons. After the rains that came with the tornado put out the flames the British decided to leave the city.