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TIL that many Chinese soldiers that came into contact with protestors at Tiananmen Square refused to open fire on civilians. One official even refused to obey orders by pretending he didn't receive any messages. There was even infighting between the various units over violence against civilians.

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oB70o TIL 'The Simpsons' co-creator Sam Simon left most of his fortune to animal charities and feeding the hungry when he passed away from cancer in 2015
maKY TIL David Hayter, the original voice of Snake in the Metal Gear Solid series, wrote the screenplay for the first X-Men movie and the film The Watchmen.
b9oe7 TIL: GPS signals are being spoofed in some areas of Moscow: “the fake signal, which seems to center on the Kremlin, relocates anyone nearby to Vnukovo Airport, 32 km away. The scale of the problem did not become apparent until people began trying to play Pokemon Go.”
788wZ TIL that before the Hoover Dam was built, there was a town where Lake Mead now is called St. Thomas. The entire town was purchased by the federal government and abandoned. However, the water level of the lake has fallen so much that parts of the town can be seen and explored.
Z8wRR TIL that when falconers want to breed falcons, they wear special sex hats with pockets to catch falcon semen. Birds reared by humans often sexually imprint on the falconer. The sex hat encourages the falcon to copulate with the falconers head and collects its sperm for artificial insemination.