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TIL the remains buried in the Vietnam portion of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were later identified as 1st. Lt. Michael Blassie. Today, the tomb sits empty.

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nBwB TIL that after the 1998 movie “The Man From Earth” was illegally shared via BitTorrent, the producer publically thanked the file sharers because it “lifted the profile of the film far beyond the financier’s expectations”, and caused a rise in legal sales
VBokZ TIL that in South Korea stock prices can only fluctuate 30% per day
p8BbQ TIL an obscure Chinese company has become the top smartphone seller in Africa, largely because they adjusted their phones to work with darker skin tones.
6Eg78 TIL that there was a campaign of intimidation against the making of the Godfather by the mafia, including warnings to "Get the F*** out of town", the theft of 1 million dollars worth of film, and forced edits, this is why we never hear the word "mafia" in the film despite being in earlier drafts
9w8pp TIL: The United States Army is the second largest Air Force in the world, by number of aircraft.