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TIL the British Government forcibly deported a whole population out of an island to make way for a US military base

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KOYWw TIL Java is the most populated island in the world with over 140 million people. The population of Java accounts for ~57% of the population of Indonesia, which is the 4th most populous country in the world.
rRjvo TIL Walt Disney tried to join WW1 so he can fight the Germans but was rejected because he was to young so he forged the date of birth on his birth certificate, and joined the Red Cross to become an ambulance driver.
OomO7 TIL Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was a dirt poor Scottish kid who immigrated to the U.S. where he became the richest man in the world. He gave away $350 million, nearly 90 percent of the fortune he accumulated through the railroad and steel industries.
pYekN TIL that Texas has an embassy in Washington DC.
5dvB TIL that Google is claiming users have no expectation of privacy in their legal defenses, while promising users their privacy is Google’s top priority everywhere else.