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TIL that in WW2, a Marine Corps Corsair pilot used his propeller to chew off the tail of an enemy aircraft after his guns jammed, while under fire from the enemy plane’s tailgunner. The enemy plane crashed but the Corsair pilot made it back to base, receiving the Navy Cross for his actions.
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TIL In 1942, German submarines sunk a British passenger ship. They surfaced to collect survivors, announced their presence to the allies and sailed under a Red Cross flag. The U-Boats were attacked by allied planes, forcing the submarine to throw all the survivors back into the sea and crash dive.
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TIL Richard M. Daley authorized the midnight bulldozing of Meigs Field, a small, downtown, lakefront airport in Chicago. This stranded 16 planes on the ground including several Fire Department helicopters. The FAA fined the city $33,000 for not giving 30 days notice ahead of an airport closure.
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TIL the falling out between Rudolf and Adi Dassler which led to the creation of Adidas and Puma, took place during a 1943 Allied bombing attack when Adi said “here are the bloody bastards again” referring to the Allied war planes, but Rudolf was convinced Adi meant him and his family
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TIL, Smoky, a Yorkshire Terrier, was a famous war dog who served in World War II. She was an eight-month-old Yorkshire Terrier found abandoned in a foxhole in New Guinea in February 1944. Smoky is credited with saving 250 men and 40 U.S. planes from possible destruction over a three-day period.
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