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TIL before the WWII Battle of Okinawa, the Japanese military forced Okinawan boys as young as 14 to fight against the US invasion. They weren't expected to win so the boys were given suicide missions. The only weapon most were given were 2 grenades - one for the US solders the other for themselves.

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Egrpw TIL in 2003 two Australian teens spent 22 hours in a tree above rising floodwaters after a crocodile killed their friend and showed off his body to them. The 13-foot crocodile then stalked them in their tree all night and most of the morning they were stuck there, before being rescued by helicopter.
P0Dg TIL that a ‘Loco Moco’ is a traditional meal in the cuisine of Hawaii. There are many variations, but the essential loco moco consists of white rice, topped with a hamburger patty, a fried egg, and brown gravy.
ZWMG TIL The woman with the record of most children birthed had 16 twins, 7 triplets, and 4 quadruplets for a total of 69 children in the span of 40 years. The father then went on to have 6 more twins and 2 more triplets with another woman, fathering a total of 87 children.
oBxAW TIL that when you die you can have your remains turned in to a diamond. Carbon is extracted from your cremated ashes or hair and compressed to almost 900,000 PSI and subjected to temperatures of 2,500 degrees Celsius to form a bonding of the atoms.
QJggX TIL: The record for the highest note ever sang was by Adam Lopez, who beat the prior record held by Mariah Carey, by more than an octave, in 2008.