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TIL the heir apparent of Ottoman Empire fought in WW2 and participated in the Normandy landings as an American soldier.

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rRr4W TIL of the Montparnasse derailment in Paris. A train entered the station too fast, crashed through a wall, and fell 33 feet before landing on its nose and killing a woman standing below. A guard was fined 25 francs as he'd been preoccupied with paperwork and failed to apply the emergency handbrake.
GAKO4 TIL when you cross a Zebra and a Donkey they make a Zonkey because they belong to the same genetic group but only when it is sired by a male Zebra with a female Donkey. If it's a male Donkey and female Zebra their offspring is known as a Zedonk.
KYNeJ TIL of Yoshie Shiratori, a Japanese man who successfully broke out of 4 different Japanese prisons (once using miso soup to corrode and break his cuffs). After his 4th escape, he encountered a police officer who offered him a cigarette. Touched by this gesture, he willingly turned himself in again.
4XdXJ TIL that an animal shelter in Maricopa County, Arizona, has a program where you can spend your 4th of July comforting the animals and keeping them calm during the loud fireworks.
d8MGd TIL that If an American wants to visit Canada but has ever committed an act that could be considered an indictable offense in Canada, they may be classified as criminally inadmissible. This can include Driving under the influence. The Canadian border has full access to the FBI criminal database