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TIL Unit 731's director was granted immunity from war crimes prosecution and hired by the US to aid its biological warfare program in Korea

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9Y95M TIL about a tiger shark vomiting an arm which belonged to a man who disappeared a few weeks earlier, and sparked one of the most infamous crime stories in Australia.
xVXED TIL in 1946, a local chicken farmer offered 100 chicks for each homer the Nashua Dodgers hit. Newcomer Roy Campanella hit 14 in his first season and sent all 1,400 to his father who used them to start a thriving poultry farm. He also went on to become one of the first black major league players.
kOL7g TIL Bob Dylan is a prolific painter (watercolor & acrylic). He paints iconic Americana landscapes as seen on tour: lonely stretches of highway, bridges, ice-cream parlors & diners...
xXRg TIL that the US National Archives has banned the search term wikileaks.
4rOJ TIL That Sean Bean gets fan mail intended for Rowan Atkinson who played ‘Mr. Bean’