Operation Bumblebee-US Navy Top Secret Ramjet Program
by HistoryBuff December 8, 2021, 11:49 pm
TIL the German Invasion of Norway in 1940 saw a huge loss in the German navy. This led to the German's delaying their plans on invading Britain, eventually abandoning them in favour of Operation Barbarossa
by whatilearned December 3, 2021, 9:55 pm
Did any of the Soviet troops on the German border at the time of Operation Barbarossa later participate in the battles of Moscow, Leningrad, or Kiev, or were they all destroyed/rendered combat ineffective in the first weeks?
by HistoryBuff December 3, 2021, 1:46 pm
TIL about Operation Kitona, when in 1998 Rwandan/Ugandan forces highjacked 4 civilian airliners, flew them to an airbase in western DRC where they amassed 3000 troops, then took over the Inga Dams and cut off power to Kinshasa. Thus began the Second Congo War, second deadliest conflict since WWII.
by whatilearned December 3, 2021, 12:39 am
TIL about Operation Vegetarian, a British WWII plan to use biological weapons against Germany in the form of linseed laced with anthrax. Scientists tested it on Gruinard Island in Scotland, which was rendered uninhabitable until 1990.
by whatilearned November 25, 2021, 11:55 pm
[Math][Python] Shift array using modulo arithmetic or remainder operation
by ProgrammerDude November 23, 2021, 1:00 pm
TIL The Santa Maria Nuova hospital in Florence, still in operation today, was founded in 1288 by the father of Beatrice(one of the main characters in Dante's devine comedy). The hospital is decorated with frescoes by renaissance masters and Leonardo studied anatomy at the same institution
by whatilearned November 19, 2021, 9:43 am
TIL about Operation Midland, an investigation into an alleged pedophille ring composed of high-ranking British officials. The allegations were false, but the accuser turned out to be a pedophille himself.
by whatilearned November 18, 2021, 7:48 pm
TIL in 1980 the FBI formed a fictitious Arabian company and attempted to bribe members of congress during the Abscam operation. Nearly 25% (six members of the House of Representatives and one senator) of those tested accepted the bribe and were convicted.
TIL about Operation Platypus: in 1943, Winston Churchill randomly demanded a live platypus from Australia. The poor platypus (named Winston, of course) was sent across the ocean to Liverpool but died just 4 days before the arrival when the ship got attacked by a U-boat attack.
TIL that considered to be the most successful intelligence operation during the Cold War involved emptying Soviet supplies of toilet paper, forcing them to use official documents, and retrieving those documents after use
by whatilearned October 30, 2021, 8:43 pm
TIL about "Operation Moolah", which offered large cash rewards to North Korean pilots who defected with an intact MiG-15 jet fighter. However, the only defector who ever met the conditions, No Kum-sok, was unaware of the offer. He was still paid $100,000 ($967,289 in today's money).
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