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TIL N. Korea reportedly executed one of its defense chiefs by anti-aircraft gunfire because they fell asleep.

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QNWed TIL women POWs imprisoned by the Japanese on Sumatra in 1943-44 created an orchestra using only their voices, and managed to perform 3 concerts in captivity. The orchestra ended less than a year later, after more than half of the members died and the other half became too weak to sing.
wKQ6 TIL The White House Correspondent’s Dinner was men-only until 1962, when JFK refused to attend unless women did.
W7QPA TIL that in 1958 Howard Ulrich and his son sailed over a 1,720-foot wave caused by the largest tsunami ever recorded
mx01v TIL when Apple was building a massive data center in rural North Carolina, a couple who had lived there for 34 years refused to sell their house and plot of land worth $181,700. After making countless offers, Apple eventually paid them $1.7 million to leave.
WkAnB TIL of Penny Dean, who in 1976 broke the world record for long-distance swim from CA to Catalina Island (22 miles) by 1.5 HOURS. Her record has yet to be broken by man or woman.