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TIL a Japenese soldier spent 27 years hiding in the jungles of Guam because he didn't know that WWII was over

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Zyr4 TIL serial killer Carl Panzram would rape his male victims not because he was homosexual but because he wanted to establish dominance over them.
ONna TIL Dolphin mothers punish and discipline their young by holding them down and ‘buzzing’ them with sonar clicks
Yp417 TIL the original word for a Bear was 'Arkto' but our proto-Germanic ancestors started referring to them as 'bear' which meant 'brown one.' This practice came from a superstitious fear that speaking the predators name would summon him. This is one of the earliest examples of a euphemism.
ye0M TIL the record for quickest pit stop, changing all 4 tires, is 2.31 seconds.
P1MAg TIL ABBA member Anni-Frid was born as a result of the Lebensborn experiment, the scheme run by Heinrich Himmler, leader of the SS, to create an Aryan master race.