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TIL Yokozuna was not Japanese but Samoan

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QNNKM TIL That Vatican City is an absolute theocratic elective monarchy, meaning it's technically three types of government.
ANKag TIL that crocodiles and alligators are practically immortal
pKGe TIL an Army helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War named Hugh Thompson prevented hundreds of civilians at My Lai from being murdered by confronting fellow soldiers and ferrying civilians to safety by helicopter.
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