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TIL there is a Polish reddit. Not subreddit, but an entire reddit.

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oBaoA TIL of Shoichi Yokoi, a sergeant in the Japanese Army during WW2. He went into hiding after the Battle of Guam, living in the jungle with several others for 28 years, though he was alone for the remaining 8 years. After his capture he returned to Japan, married and became a popular TV personality.
oRknW TIL that the Polish anti-communist organization Fighting Solidarity learned that the AMSAT-OSCAR 7, an apparently inactive satellite after a battery failture, had in fact remained intermittently functional, and used it surreptitiously for communication during the martial law in Poland.
jNp1N TIL Disney World has the power to establish schools, form their own criminal justice system and construct a nuclear power plant, although they have not chosen to do that yet.
1aDmP TIL that adults have protective services too, not just kids.
5njP TIL in the 1960’s the USA planned to test deadly nerve gas (VX and Sarin) on 200 Australian soldiers by bombing a chosen site in a Queensland forest. The plan was eventually vetoed by Aus PM.