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TIL Kyoto was spared from the atom bomb because the U.S. secretary of war had fond memories of his honeymoon there

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4na6 TIL, there is a prisoner who has spent 10,220 Days in Extreme Solitary Confinement
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pYMQ8 TIL that when the Crown Prince of Albania, Leka returned to Albania in 2022, he brought with him 11 cases of automatic weapons, grenades, and hunting arms. The authorities seized them but gave them back after being deemed items of cultural heritage.
9YnmM TIL that the first album to sell over a million copies was Calypso by Harry Belafonte
7Dnr TIL that 11 years ago a starquake was detected on a star, which, if located within 10 light years of Earth, would have triggered a mass extinction.