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TIL towards the end of WWII, Japan developed suicide motorboats called Shinyo, which were piloted by 15~17 year olds.

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YpRbB TIL that there is a road in Brussels called "Ceci n'est pas une rue" ("This is not a road") in honour of Rene Magritte
BKPe TIL there is a monument to Wikipedia in Poland.
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