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TIL a American dentist secretly drilled “Remember Pearl Harbor” in morse code, into the dentures of captured Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo.

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p8oe4 TIL a poor 19th century Chinese man failed the civil service exam, fell ill, reread a Christian pamphlet he had earlier ignored, & hallucinated that he was Jesus' brother. He led a cult/rebellion that conquered much of southern China, crowning himself as king. This civil war killed over 10 million.
7rEw7 TIL a Conservative politician hanged himself while wearing women's underwear. He also had a garbage bag over his head and an orange segment in his mouth.
lo0p1 TIL that the character of John Munch from Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: SVU has appeared as a cross-over character in over 10 other shows which include The Wire, Arrested Development and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
w8lJ TIL: in 1984, a ball of lightning burned a hole into a Soviet passenger airliner mid-flight, then vanished with a bang. It reappeared moments later in the passenger area (floating above their heads), split into two crescent shapes, then finally rejoined and burned a new exit hole to leave the plane.
5Ywn TIL several Astronauts, NASA, CIA, FBI, Army, Air Force officials and rocket scientists believe some UFOs are under intelligent control - but not from Earth.