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TIL A WWII messenger pigeon named GI Joe was awarded a bravery medal for “Making the 20 mile flight from British 10th Army HQ, in the same number of minutes … just in time to save the lives of at least 100 Allied soldiers” 31 other pigeons have been awarded for bravery during service.

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JYK8 TIL that “Mongolian BBQ” was unknown in Mongolia until a US-based restaurant chain opened a franchise there in 2005 bringing the concept that was actually invented in Taiwan in the 70s and inspired by Japanese Teppanyaki cuisine finally to the country it lent its name from
QA46 TIL Eugene Debs was a socialist from Indiana who ran for President five times during the early 1900s. He was found guilty of sedition and sentenced to ten years in prison for speaking out against the Wilson administration and the World War I draft.
vPbJ8 TIL that on Dec. 16th, 1997 over 600 Japanese children with epilepsy were hospitalized with seizures after watching a Pokemon episode featuring strong strobe light effects. The episode has not been aired since.
QJRBE TIL that the Stella Octangula acquired that name in 1609 from German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler
vJRR TIL after the Nazi’s occupied Warsaw, 80% of the city was destroyed and reconstruction efforts were guided by a series of 1700s cityscape paintings. It was later discovered the painter had made artistic “improvements” … so the rebuilt structures looked different (arguably better) than before.