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TIL Aviator style sunglasses were popularised by American general Douglas MacArthur when he landed on a beach in the Philippines during WWII and some newspaper photographers got him on camera

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d5nB TIL the Outer Space Treaty explicitly forbids any government from claiming a celestial resource such as the Moon or a planet, claiming that they are the common heritage of mankind.
R75b4 TIL that the episode 'Paedogeddon!' of satirical series Brass Eye received nearly 3000 complaints. Some politicians condemned the episode, but later admitted never seeing it, including former Home Secretary David Blunkett who said he hadn't seen it because he was 'on holiday at the time and blind'.
PYDjG TIL of Bijon Setu massacre of 1982, where 16 monks and one nun were killed and then set on fire in broad daylight in Kolkata, India. The crime remains unsolved.
M7Ylm TIL that Genghis Khan strategically married his daughters to allied kings, sending the sons-in-law to fight in Mongol campaigns. As many of them died in battle, his daughters took control, effectively ruling those nations.
N0A1 TIL there is a prison for polar bears in Canada. Apparently they get chucked into jail for roaming around town.