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TIL that author John Steinbeck was investigated by the FBI for being acquaintances with leftists and attempting to write a novel exposing the conditions in Japanese concentration camps in 1943.

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Glg1 TIL that “Die Hard” is considered to be one of the best Christmas movies of all time.
R5dLQ TIL Portugal offered to give Macau to China as early as 1978, but China refused, believing this would worsen their relations with Hong Kong. Portugal would only leave Macau in 1999, two years after Hong Kong became under Chinese rule.
7rblr TIL Chuck Norris created his own fight discipline called Chun Kuk Do, which includes a 12 step Code of Honor
8e06Z TIL about the biggest shared universe, the "Tommy Westphall Universe", with over 400 shows and it also includes e. g. the MCU.
a8n4L TIL in 1983, a soviet military officer “saved the world” from a full-blown nuclear war by disobeying orders, after receiving a false alarm of missiles fired by the USA