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TIL that the Japanese emperor Hirohito, who ruled during World War 2, was a passionate marine biologist and had published many papers on the topic and even discovered several new species of Hydrozoa

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NX0De TIl about RM Colonel Mark Nicholas Grey who in 1993 helped save thousands of life’s in Croatia by exceeding his authority and opening a spill way gate at Peruća Dam after the Serbs detonated explosives on it. His actions lowered water levels by several meters and the dam did not fail
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