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TIL of the Moro Crater Massacre in The Phillipines, which included the murder of hundreds of women and children by US forces. Photos were taken at the scene where the soldiers smiled as skulls, rotting severed limbs, blown-out heads and dismembered torsos were piled up around them.

epdXD TIL While common among humans, facial expressions of anger and aggression are rare in great apes, and are not described for gorillas and orangutans
9GWQ TIL the United States Environmental Protection Agency has a ‘Most Wanted’ list. Each person on the list is wanted by the EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division. Included is a CEO of a mining company wanted for dumping arsenic and lead on public lands, currently believed to be hiding in Vancouver.
vrBj TIL: The Japanese considered raw salmon dangerous, since Pacific salmon was prone to parasites. Norway had too much salmon and decided to focus on teaching Japanese consumers that Atlantic salmon was safe to eat raw. It took ten years for Salmon sushi/sashimi to finally become popular.
XErEE TIL that after Usain Bolt broke the 100 m world record at the 2009 Berlin World Championships, the mayor of Berlin awarded him a 12 foot long, 6000 pound piece of the Berlin Wall. Bolt accepted and it is now housed at the Jamaica Military Museum.
ogY7 TIL that in World War 2 Germany captured France with a loss of only 27,000 soldiers. Germany lost over 143,000 alone at the battle of Verdun in France during World War One several decades earlier.