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TIL There were Allied POWs in Nagasaki & Hiroshima during the bombings

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VQdk TIL that elite US soldiers actually climbed 95 foot cliffs under Point Du Hoc to capture and destroy key German strongholds during the D-Day assault June 6, 1944. They then held their position for two days suffering 65% casualties.
nO89 TIL Paper bags haven’t been proven to be “greener” than plastic bags. Paper causes more harm to produce, plastic more harm after produced.
AM0w TIL that to be one of the “1%”, a person needs an annual income of $388,905, an increase of 5.2% from a year earlier.
yMn8 TIL when transport unions strike in Australia it often takes the form of a free travel day for the public instead of shutting down the transport system
KO9kQ TIL a Californian politician accidentally left his microphone on during a meeting break and was caught graphically boasting about two different affairs he was having. He resigned less than 15 hours after the story broke.