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TIL of 'kangaroo words', that is, a word that contains a synonym inside it, i.e MAscuLinE, BLOssOM, cHickEN or hoNOuraBLE.

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xBJ5 TIL a Korean man fell in love and eventually married a pillow with an anime character printed on it
kJ0Qg TIL in 1930s, Hollywood self censored films to appease Nazi party. Negative depictions of Germany was deleted and any portrayal of Jewish persecution was banned by studios.
gMA1D TIL in 2013, there was a train crash in Australia caused by millipedes. There were so many of them on the tracks that a train pulling into a station ended up losing friction from squishing so many of them and crashed into another train.
GYk95 TIL that Gandhi wrote 2 letters to Hitler, one a month before the war and one in during it, both of which were intercepted by the British and never made it to Hitler.
oBp5r TIL that because of the Antarctic Treaty, which came into effect on June 23, 1961, military activity in Antarctica is banned. Military personnel and equipment may only be used for scientific research or any other peaceful purpose (such as delivering supplies) on the continent.