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TIL Chinese debtors shamed with broadcast of names and faces on giant screens on May 1 holiday

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1aVXD TIL: When M&M's were first invented, they were adopted by the military as it allowed soldiers to carry chocolate with them that wouldn't melt. It was even included as part of their rations.
x6VGB TIL about Bradford Bishop, who allegedly killed his wife, mother and three sons in 1976. Bishop was only removed from the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted List in 2018, due to his advanced age, and is still being pursued by the FBI, as there have been sightings of Bishop across Europe for 40 years.
kOPK1 TIL of Emma Morano, the last survivor of the 19th century. She died in 2017 at the age of 117.
l7j6V TIL a dog named "Luks" sacrificed his life in order to save Josip Broz TITO
GALg5 TIL before the breakup, AT&T didn't allow customers to use phones made by other companies, claiming using them would degrade the network.