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TIL Former U.S. Army sergeant who worked in military intelligence and carried a top secret security clearance was arrested , charged while trying to pass information to China

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RnP1 TIL in the final weeks of WWII, Allied torpedo bombers attacked two large German ships even though both ships were flying several large white flags. Nearly all of the 7,000 concentration camp refuges aboard these ships were killed.
9L6Q TIL that the Bangkok police used Hello Kitty armbands to shame officers for minor offenses
OPya TIL Some people have a “natural alarm clock” allowing them to wake up when they want - This is actually caused by a stress hormone
8exXK TIL Phil Collins became an 'honorary Texan’ after donating over 200 artifacts to The Alamo. Collins has actually written a book on The Alamo as well.
QJORX TIL that in the late 1960s, airlines Air India commissioned famous artist Salvador Dali to design an ashtray for the airline. Dali agreed but asked for an elephant as payment. A 2-year-old baby elephant named "big baby" was flown from Bangalore to Cadaques, a small Catalonian town where Dali Lived.