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TIL the US convicted several Japanese soldiers for waterboarding American and Allied prisoners of war during WW2 and sentenced them to death

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wonG6 TIL that pro-wrestler Biff Wellington was found dead the same day his former tag team partner Chris Benoit infamously took his own life after murdering his wife and son earlier that weekend
dxar TIL that MLK’s mother was herself assassinated shortly before the evidentiary hearing for James Earl Ray, who the King family believes is innocent.
xVjB TIL the coffee shop manager in the robbery scene at the end of Pulp Fiction is credited as “Coffee Shop” because he is cut off as he speaks: “I am not a hero, I’m just a coffee shop–”
OoxlL TIL General Motors Hired Prostitutes To Seduce Ralph Nader In An Attempt To Discredit Him Due To A Book He Wrote Called “Unsafe At Any Speed” Exposing The Unsafe Practices Of Car Companies
GwVj TIL there have been serious scientific attempts to study whether or not our “reality” is, in fact, a computer simulation a la “The Matrix”