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TIL of the Buddhist concept of Anatta that states the non-existence of a permanent, unchanging Soul

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R5Vbj TIL one of the Japanese airmen who attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 is still alive.
j6oMR TIL: Vietnam has a few unique monsters, one is the Ma Vú Dài, a lady ghost with long breasts that attacks victims at night to forcefully breastfeed them until they fall unconscious. In the 60s, prisoners in Saigon reported seeing a women with long breasts force feeding cellmates.
0w0xM TIL that in 1966 a US Air Force B-52 bomber and a USAF tanker collided in midair, and the 4 nuclear bombs the B-52 carried fell into Southeast Spain. One of the bombs detonated, scattering plutonium all over the countryside.
lDyr TIL of a man from Poland who was admitted to the hospital after a car accident with a BAC of 1.480%. Believing their equipment was faulty, doctors tested him 5 more time with the same result each time. The man died a few days later due to his injuries from the accident, rather than his BAC.
epAmb TIL Jeopardy tapes five episodes a day, two days a week, every other week.