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Oowp4 TIL Japan is predicted to run out of phone numbers as early as fiscal year 2022
R5A6 TIL The Jetsons originally only aired one season of 24 episodes, which were rerun continually throughout the next three decades
699mY TIL Brazil police sniper nearly shot officer during 2014 World Cup opening. Sniper asked permission to open fire on an armed man seen approaching Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Permission was denied and the suspect turned out to be another policeman.
16Qad Today I learned of the Summer Koshien, a national high school baseball tournament in Japan, which is the most watched sporting event in the country.
rNBL1 TIL success of June 6th D-Day 80 years ago, was the result of year-long elaborate deception of disinformation, decoy, and dummies. That included rubber tanks, inflatable trucks, canvas fleet, & parachuting dummy dolls. Also a phantom army, a fictitious network of spies, & fake radio traffic.