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TIL that the South Korean military established "comfort women" prostitution facilities in Vietnam and massacred more than 300,000 Vietnamese people during the Vietnam War.

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GDj5 TIL in 1999 the legal and historical record of Martin Luther King assassination was changed when his family won a civil suit proving with evidence that the CIA and a restaurant owner were responsible for the death of Mr. King and not James Earl Ray who was actually convicted.
oY8E TIL a man lived in a French airport departure lounge for 17 years. He entered the airport and ‘lost’ his passport. As he had no passport he could not fly to his destination, the UK, but he had entered France legally so could not be expelled.
PJLw TIL it takes up to 12 months for a baby to understand the concept of “object permanence” - the idea that an object continues to exist when it is out of sight
EjJV TIL that following the Spanish Inqusition and their expulsion, banished Jews who were once pivotal in advancing Cartography and Ship Navigation during the Age of Exploration, sought revenge by becoming some of the most famed pirates
5rQp TIL that American life expectancy is now 35th best among the nations of the world, below Slovenia, Costa Rica & Cyprus