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TIL Chiang Kai-shek's adopted son, Chiang Wei-kuo, was an officer candidate in the Wehrmacht from 1936 to 1939 and participated in the Anschluss before being recalled back to China.

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VAx0 TIL the CDC uses the “Corrupted Blood” incident in World of Warcraft as a study aid on bioterrorism.
v1j5B TIL Fall Out Boy had planned to stage an impromptu concert in Washington Square Park; However, as they lacked a permit, they were told by NYPD that "picking up any instruments would earn [them] a trip to jail". The band ended up leading the audience in a sing-along instead.
lonrK TIL a farmer hid the construction and existence of a 4-bedroom castle under a huge pile of hay bales for 6 years. When he thought he’d outlasted the statute of limitations, he unveiled it to the public, the city council found out, and immediately ordered its destruction.
rNWwM TIL about the Hart Island Project, which is aimed at listing and identifying bodies buried in mass graves at New York City’s mass burial cemetery on Hart Island. Each body has a clock that counts the minutes, hours, days, and years until each body is identified and their story is told.
9Yp7 TIL that in 2011, two Domino’s Pizza Store Managers were charged with arson after burning down a nearby Papa John’s in Southern Florida