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TIL about Anatahan, an island in the Pacific where where one woman reigned as a "Queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended

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16b7D TIL that the median salary in Denmark in 2022 were $5,900 a month or $37 an hour
xVNN7 TIL about Paul Frampton, a brilliant English physicist that was convicted in Argentina for drug smuggling, after he had been scammed by a man pretending to be Czech model Denise Milani into transporting two kilos of cocaine to Belgium
Mekb0 TIL a poultry company in Australia uses a live chicken to run its Twitter account
W7oJB TIL the man who almost assassinated Ronald Reagan, John Hinckley Jr., now has a Youtube account where he performs music.
781BL TIL trepanation involved drilling holes into the skull. Contrary to popular belief, not all patients subjected to it died. Archaeologists have found many skulls with partially healed openings, suggesting that some survived the procedure.