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TIL Anne Frank’s father attempted to seek asylum in the US.

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QeN6 TIL that computer algorithms can correctly spot a fake review on TripAdvisor 90% of the time, while humans are no better than chance
X0DLr TIL about the Higgs boson, also known as 'the God particle', an elementary particle which is responsible for granting other particles their mass. Its existence was first proposed in the 1960's, but evidence for the particle would only be found in 2012, by researchers at the Large Hadron Collider.
KYoB4 TIL two Imperial Japanese soldiers competed to see who would be the first to decapitate 100 surrendered Chinese soldiers with a sword. (they were later executed for war crimes, having killed 106 and 105, respectively)
9YKpr TIL Wi-Fi doesn't stand for anything!
VMPVk TIL a VA man sued himself for $5m, claiming that he violated his own civil rights by committing crimes and being sent to prison. He asked the state to pay the $5m on his behalf since he was a ward of the state.