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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ClownfishSoup on 2025-07-03 20:23:18+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Gail Halvorsen, known as the “Candy Bomber” or “Uncle Wiggly Wings” who began dropping candy on little handkerchief parachutes to kids in West Berlin during the Soviet Blockade (1948-1949). His impromptu “Operation Little Vittles” eventually dropped 23 tons of candy.