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TIL The longest contraction in English is y'all'll'nt've'd's, which means "You all will not have had us"

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NX7wM TIL about the Great "Shawinigan Handshake" Incident of '96 in Canada, when Prime Minister Jean Chretien reacted rapidly, grabbing a protestor by the neck--who had just jumped out aggressively to block Chretien's path--forcing the protestor to the ground instantly with a broken tooth.
Y85d TIL in 1954 the USSR proposed a dam to the U.S. that would close off the Bering Straight. The Soviets claimed it would block arctic cold currents that flow down over Korea and the Sea of Japan, warming it as much as 30 degrees. The U.S. declined.
v19ar TIL that former Waffen-SS soldiers guarded Nazi War Criminals during the Nuremburg Tribunal. This was because the soldiers were Latvian conscripts and did not choose to become soldiers out of their own free will, thus clearing their names and allowing their skills to continue to be put to use.
XE0nk TIL Amar Bharati has been constantly holding his arm up to honor the Hindu deity Shiva since 1973. The reason for that is that Mr. Bharati is a Sadhu, a part of a religious group that advocates very hard challenges as acts of devotion to the god Shiva.
BgmED TIL that in the 1400s, China, after building the world’s most advanced navy, turned inward under a form of Chinese isolationism called Haijin (sea ban). Fearing foreign influence, leaders banned private trade, large ships, and dismantled the fleet, missing centuries of growth.