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TIL of Masanobu Tsuji, a Japanese war criminal who executed POWs on Bataan, fled to Indochina, and disappeared into Laos in 1961. He was later rumored to be working for North Vietnam. A CIA report said he was "the type of man who would start World War III without any misgivings."

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0wwd5 TIL about the Dunbar’s number. It is a theoretical upper limit of the people one can maintain stable relationships with. Suggested between 100 and 250. So if a town’s population is below the Dunbar’s number, it is more likely to have harmony and peace that a larger town or city.
MNrB TIL Martin Luther King Jr. was wiretapped and sent an anonymous letter from J Edgar Hoover encouraging him to kill himself
nW7aB TIL there's a dog show like Westminster but for rescues called "American Rescue Dog Show"
a8ppb Today I learned that concrete truck drivers carry bottles of coke to prevent the concrete from settling in case of emergency
KYr4Q TIL the 1953 Miller experiment simulated early Earth’s conditions- exposing a mixture of water, methane, ammonia, and hydrogen to electric sparks. It showed organic compounds like amino acids form from simple molecules, offering insights into how life could have originated from non-living matter.