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TIL that March 16 is a national holiday in Latvia celebrating Latvians who served in the Nazi Waffen-SS during World War II

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ADdLB TIL about the Oka Crisis, when the Mohawk community of Kanesatake, joined by natives from other communities in Canada and the United States, rebelled against an attempt by the local Canadian government to build a golf course over sacred Mohawk land.
N7lpJ TIL that there's some seriously damning evidence that the Balloon Boy "Hoax" was not, in fact, a hoax, but rather a case of extreme corruption in the justice system.
e0dNk TIL Ocean Park in Hong Kong tried for 10 years to get two of their pandas to mate. Now that the park is on lockdown, they've finally done the deed.
9wvNr TIL that, historically, light eyes were associated with vile characteristics among the Arabic people. This notion dates back to the pre-Islamic world and was even mentioned in the Quran.
X0LGr TIL The Viet Minh signed a treaty to pay the French 5 billion francs after the Indochina War to buy the rights to the Tonkin collieries in North Vietnam. The sum was payable by means of coal shipments over 15 years.