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TIL that in a Spanish town, 700 residents are descendants of 17th-century samurai who settled there after a Japanese embassy returned home. They carry the surname "Japón," which was originally "Hasekura de Japón."

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VBdPk TIL That following the Messinian salinity crisis, during which the Mediterranean almost completely dried up for 630,000 years, 5.33 Ma ago the Zanclean flood happened: water broke through the Gibraltar Strait, filling the Mediterranean within months at 100,000,000 m³/s – 1,000x flow of the Amazon!
nevw7 TIL about Ivan; a silverback gorilla who was kept for over 27 yrs in a small, cement cage for public display in a mall in Tacoma, Wa.
Kjjw TIL that in 1990 there was a Charlie Brown special called “Why, Charlie, why?” It focused on one of the kids developing Leukemia.
Z8xYv TIL of Private Sean Benton, one of four young Army recruits to die at Deepcut Barracks between 1995-2002. He died of five gunshot wounds to the chest. His death was ruled a suicide.
D1wbJ TIL that Akon, a successful artist who won several platinums stopped with music to focus on his humanitarian project "Akon Lighting Africa". This project has installed more than 200.000 solar power systems and are educating people in learning how to use solar power.