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TIL Czech slave laborers during WWII put notes instead of explosives in the anti-aircraft shells they were forced to manufacture.

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rNNoo TIL Mau Piailug can be credited with keeping traditional wayfinding alive for the indigenous peoples of Oceania
4oLw TIL that in 2009, the UK tried to prevent the indigenous population of the British Indian Ocean Territory from returning to their homelands by establishing a “marine reserve”, making it difficult for them to reclaim their land and re-settle. The documents later showed up on Wikileaks.
lo715 TIL Soap that looks like food is illegal in Europe
Y76oB TIL the children of 8 time Olympic Gold Medalist Usain Bolt are named Olympia Lightning Bolt, Thunder Bolt and Saint Leo Bolt respectively.
wLKR8 TIL of sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd who created customized prosthetic masks to be worn by men who had been badly disfigured in World War I and was knighted for her work by the French Government.