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TIL the real mastermind behind the Sook Ching massacre and Bataan Death March got off scot-free by hiding out in and working for China, then returned to Japan and became a member of diet, became a spy for the CIA, and vanished in Vietnam under unknown circumstances never to be seen again

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podZ TIL that the 3DS Remake of “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time” has the same bugs and glitches as the original N64 version.
VBO7m TIL During World War II, the U.S. Navy constructed a floating concrete barge dedicated to making ice cream for troops in the Pacific Theater. The barge, known as the "Concrete Ice Cream Barge," had industrial-sized freezers and churned out thousands of gallons of ice cream daily.
PYw4V TIL that in Japan, a woman past the age of 25 was known as a "Christmas Cake" because, just like "cakes [that] go on discount once Dec. 25 rolls around", she was "considered past her prime."
AyMo TIL Willem Arondeus, a gay Dutch artist and writer, helped in the resistance against the Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. He was arrested and executed. His last testimony was “homosexuals are not cowards”.
R7Yl9 TIL that General LeMay, responsible for the firebombing of 63 Japanese cities during WW2, said “Killing Japanese didn't bother me very much at that time... I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.”