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TIL the Japanese officer who proposed the use of Kamikaze pilots during World War 2 shot himself post-war out of guilt for sending so many young men to their deaths.

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P1Ew TIL Wikipedia has a page for every experiment seen in the Lilo and Stich canon, from 0 to 626
E1P6d TIL in 2003, after Roy Hunt was brutally mauled by one of his tigers during their show in Vegas, the doctors removed a part of his skull to avoid his death from brain swelling, and placed it in a pocket inside of his abdomen until it was ready to be reattached.
awkPJ TIL as a result of World War II the population of London fell so dramatically that the city didn't return to its pre-war population level until January 2015.
ddoQ TIL that some scorpions can shed their tail in order to escape a predator… but doing so also removes their anus (which is found in the tail!) and renders them unable to poop. They can live this way for another eight months.
WJKA TIL there is an extremely effective, reversible, cheap, simple, and long-term birth control procedure for men in phase III clinical trials in India