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TIL South Korea withdrew its opposition to Hashima Island being made a UNESCO world heritage site, on the condition Japan acknowledge its use of Korean forced laborers. Immediately after the site was approved, Japan’s Foreign Minister backtracked on earlier statements.

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w9OJ TIL there are six US states in which you can sue a person for having an affair with your spouse that ends your marriage.
pRvZ TIL that nearly 4 million Indians died in 1942 because of an artificial famine caused by the British government
QA9d TIL: A chimpanzee, which was raised as a human being, by a psychologist. Learnt sign language, dressed herself and ate with silverware, was shipped away to assimilate in wild, expressed “hurt” via. sign, and later died.
X0Opk TIL that a lot of people use milk in their ramen instead of water.
g9Y7 TIL that in 1971, Saddam Hussein imported 100,000 tons of grain treated with fungicidal mercury. The grain was intended for planting, but the Iraqis, unable to understand the English and Spanish warnings or the “skull and crossbones” image, baked it into bread. Hundreds died.