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TIL That In WW2 Canada Trained A Group of Covert Chinese-Canadian Commandos to Conduct Resistance And Sabotage Missions Behind Japanese Lines in SE Asia

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1aQnO TIL: Mormons/LDS church baptized Hitler, Elvis, Ann Frank, Princess Diana, Pope John Paul II, Ghandi, and others into their religion because their religion knows neither shame nor respect for other persons systems of belief. If you died famous, they’ve done “baptisms for the dead” on you already.
8mRa TIL: In an effort to fight oil well fires, Hungarian engineers recycled a Russian T-34 tank, and replaced the gun turret with two Mig-21 jet engines. The team would inject water into the exhaust of the engines and literally blow an oil well fire out. They called the device Big Wind.
WJwN TIL The Simpsons are yellow, because creator Matt Groening thought it was a perfect way for channel surfers to stop and watch, when they caught a flash of yellow on their televisions.
kOnB1 TIL about Bruce Murray. A South African signmaker, in 2012, he inherited 120,000 acres of land and a dutchy in Scotland. He is now the commander of the only legal private army in Europe, the Atholl Highlanders.
XEypj TIL a web developer bought the domain name milk.com in 1994, then refused to sell any part of it to industry for less than $10 million. In 2021 the domain has still not been sold.