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TIL that Kostas Sarantidis is a Greek-Vietnamese soldier who fought with the Viet Minh during the First Indochina War. He is the only foreign soldier awarded Vietnamese honour "Hero of the People's Armed Forces"

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6yaJ TIL North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il was claimed to complete a 72 par course in 34 strokes, managing a world record five holes-in-one, making him the best golfer in the history of the world. It was also apparently the first time he has ever golfed.
kmyg TIL the original voice for Siri was a woman named Susan Bennett. She was paid hourly to record nonsense phrases for a third party company, and only later learned that she had provided Apple with “all of the sounds of the English language”, which they could then formed into any response.
mJBx TIL Speedo invented a swimsuit so advanced, it broke 23 of 25 world records and was banned as being classed as “technological doping”.
Y760v TIL that the theft of milk-crates accounts for approximately $80 million in annual losses. Despite 95% of the theft stemming from organized crime, the protecting legislation inadvertently gave law-enforcement the power to criminalize the possession of even a single crate by one individual.
W7R6B TIL that Instead of toilet paper, Ancient Roman used a sponge on the end of a long stick that was shared by everyone in the community. This device was called a Tersorium. When not is use the stick stayed in a bucket of heavily salted seawater in the communial bathroom.