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TIL of Army Sgt. Joe Kieyoomia; captured by the Japanese, he was first tortured as a traitor, until he could prove he was Navaho, then tortured to get him to help break Code Talker (he couldn't), then kept in a cell in Nagasaki for three years, freeing him three days after the bombing.

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4XWLw TIL that slugs huddle not as a social behavior, but for the primary function of conserving water/reducing evaporation.
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