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TIL China refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles as it gave the German leased territory in China to Japan, and therefore had to sign a separate peace treaty with Germany

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eXoL TIL that the astronauts of Apollo 11 couldn’t get life insurance, so they signed photos that their families could auction in case the landing went wrong
Lbar TIL that during the Iran Hostage Crisis, American embassy staff tried to burn classified documents but the furnace malfunctioned, forcing them to use cheap paper shredders. After the takeover, Iran employed carpet weavers to put the shredded documents together.
p8oVN TIL about Silver Star recipient SFC Alwyn Cashe. SFC Cashe was injured and soaked with fuel after a complex ambush in the Iraq. He entered a burning vehicle three times and pulled six soldiers to their safety. SFC Cashe received burns on 75% of his body, injuries he eventually succumbed to.
78bLP TIL when Robert Atkins published "Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution" in 1972, his diet was labelled a fad, which implies something new-fangled. But low-carbohydrate, high-fat diets had been popular for over a century before that & were a method of weight loss endorsed by mainstream science until the 1960s
9xvQ TIL that 14yo Davontae Sanford was coerced into confessing to a quadruple homicide by police in Detroit in 2007. The actual killer later confessed, but Davontae remains in prison serving a 37 to 90 year sentence.