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A third of Americans believe Covid-19 laboratory conspiracy theory.
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TIL: Douglas MacArthur wanted to use atomic bombs to contain China and ultimately win the Korean War.
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TIL Tennis legend Roger Federer also runs a Children's Education charity in Africa that has created and funded the curriculum for 7,000 schools and 1.5 million students so far
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TIL in 1986 all game designers working for Konami were forbidden to attach their actual name to any project. Instead, they were required to create a fake name to be listed in the game’s credits. This was to prevent them from asking for raises, and keep rival companies from stealing their talent.
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TIL that coconut crabs and some other hermit crabs have Branchiostegal lungs (considered to be a developmental stage between gills and lungs) besides gills and will drown if submerged for too long. They also have the ability to smell things in the air.
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TIL that the Highest Ranking UN POW captured in the Korean War was US General William F. Dean. The N. Korean advance in 1950 was so rapid, it caught up Dean's HQ, forcing him to participate in the fighting. The general personally fought as tank-hunter & knocked out a few tanks before being captured.