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TIL the Vietnam War Crimes Working Group found seven previously unacknowledged massacres from 1967 through 1971 in which at least 137 civilians were killed. The harshest sentence was 20 years but the officer served 7 months.

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XbQ8 TIL In 1984 Summer Olympics Judo final, Egypt’s Mohamed Ali Rashwan lost to Japan’s Yasuhiro Yamashita who previously tore a right calf muscle. Rashwan did not aim for Yamashita’s right leg because he did not regard that as a fair play. He won an award from the International Fairplay Committee.
R5Ra4 TIL Every year there are more than 15,000 birdstrike incidents around the world. Each airport has an entire service dedicated to birdstrike control.
v1RXr TIL that Ancient Greek and Roman statues were actually brilliantly colored and not just bare marble/stone.
447J TIL lawyers from the Disney corporation denied a couple’s request to engrave Winnie Pooh on the gravestone of their stillborn child without paying royalties.
5YLVD TIL Londoners in the 1600s were advised to keep "fart jars"— consisting of trapped fart odors—on hand to combat bubonic plague. The idea was that the potent smell would somehow purify the air.