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TIL that the unknown soldier for Vietnam was identified and later recovered and returned to his family after 26 years.

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MeaMB TIL of Tanzanian man Saniniu Laizer: a small-scale miner who found 3 rare Tanzanite gemstones which he sold to the government for 12.44 billion Tanzanian shillings. ($5.35 million USD). Laizer, who has 30 children, said it won't change his lifestyle of caring for his 2,000 cows.
BRVx TIL The reason they use a “Clapperboard” (the black board they clack at the begging of a movie scene) is to sync the audio and video together.
ZpPyG TIL fingerprinting for identifying criminals was invented in Argentina in 1891. It was used to solve a murder case in 1892 where a woman murdered her sons and tried to blame a neighbor.
nnBW TIL that the SR-71 Blackbird was never hit by the over 4,000 missiles fired at it during its 25-year service. The SOP was to accelerate to faster than the missile could catch up with it.
M7Apm TIL the Uganda Scheme was a proposal by British colonist Joseph Chamberlain to create a Jewish homeland in a portion of British East Africa