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TIL that at the North Pole it is whatever time you say it is.

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9YkjB TIL about Melanesia Sergeant Major Jacob Vouza who was captured by the Japanese, hung from a tree and beaten with rifles, tied to a red ant hill, bayonetted seven times in the chest and once in the throat, but still managed to chew through his restraints and deliver news of the impending attack
x6N4o TIL Julius Evola, an Italian philosopher, would regularly walk around the city during bombing raids to "ponder his destiny". During one such aerial bombardment in 1945, a shell fragment damaged his spinal cord and he became paralysed from the waist down, remaining so for the rest of his life.
76N7 TIL That on September 10th, 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gave a speech that $2.3 Trillion of Pentagon funds had been unaccounted for, a figure that equated to $8,000 per US citizen that could not be traced to any transactions.
KOp5a TIL that professional mini golf is a thing and competitors will travel across America to compete, including a “Master’s” tournament where the prize is a coveted green hoodie.
YK9Z TIL: Antoine Dodson, the “Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Wife” guy announced he is “no longer into homosexuality” and become a Black Hebrew Israelite, who believe they are descendants of the ancient Israelites.