April 21, 2026
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On This Day
1918 - German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, "The Red Baron," was shot down and killed during World War I.
Fact of the Day
The TRS-80 Model II computer system launched by Tandy in 1979 was a complete failure because the fan and disk drives were so noisy that users reported physical discomfort and refused to use it.
Nature Oddities
In the 1990s, millions of vultures in India died after eating livestock treated with a common painkiller that’s toxic to them, causing a 99% decrease in the vulture population.
Food and Drink
German and Dutch coffee and butter traders avoided paying taxes by storing their products in a region of the Netherlands that became a part of West Germany on August 1, 1963. Known as “Butter Night", the border moved but the goods didn't, avoiding the import tax.