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TIL Germany, Italy and Japan were elected among others in 1986 to serve together on the U.N. Security Council for the first time. This marks the first time all three former Axis powers joining the council led by the victorious Allied powers of World War 2, all of which are permanent members.

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p8Pg8 TIL In 1992, Singer Sinéad O'Connor tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II during a performance on Saturday Night Live to protest the abuse of children within the Catholic Church. It was extremely controversial at the time and she was heavily criticised in the media.
6KjY TIL India bans captive Dolphin shows as ‘morally unacceptable’ - They believe they are highly intelligent & should be seen as ‘non-human persons’ with their own specific rights.
9KZr TIL of a Japanese air ace who was shot in the face during a dogfight. Blind in one eye and part paralysed, “he flew upside down to prevent blood from blinding his other eye”, flew 5 hours back to base, made his report and then had surgery without anasthesia.
D1L8j TIL - During the Great Depression when millions of Americans were going hungry, the U.S. government bought and destroyed 6.4 million pigs.
X0rNX TIL that Hitler had an honorary citizenship of his hometown that wasn‘t revoked until 2011