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TIL Germany tried brokering peace between the China and Japan during WW2

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nelMo TIL that Sneha Anne Philip is officially considered to be one of the victims of 9/11. Being a doctor who lived nearby, it's believed that she died trying to help the injured at Ground Zero. There's just one problem: no-one saw her there. Or, indeed, anywhere at all. She went missing on 9/10.
wLD6Y TIL that Tom Petty's first solo album, "Full Moon Fever", which sold over five million copies, spawned five hit singles, and had collaborations with rock legends (George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison) was initially rejected by MCA Records because the top executive didn't hear any good songs
wLyAJ TIL : In 2010, blooper footage surfaced in which ALF was made to deliver racial jokes and sexual comments. He was actually mocking a then-recent episode of L.A. Law dealing with Tourette syndrome. Producer Steve Lamar stated that the footage was from an era when things were not so "ridiculously PC".
nWWko TIL that there are more Lebanese descendants in Brazil than people living in Lebanon
vPpa8 TIL Hermann Görner, a legendary German strongman, still holds the record for the heaviest right-hand deadlift, lifting 301 kg (664 lb) in 1920, a feat recognized by Guinness World Records.