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TIL the last WWII officer surrendered in 1974 after living on an Island for decades, convinced that the war was not over. He died in 2014 at age 91.

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Z8Mva TIL that humans are the only primates with distinct white eyeballs, they probably evolved to make it easier for humans to follow another's gaze and thus read intentions, interest and improve social cooperation
woPQY TIL The Antarctic Treaty was signed in Washington on 1 December 1959 by twelve countries who agreed to only use the continent for peaceful research purposes. It entered into force in 1961 and has since been acceded to by 56 total nations.
WkE8B TIL a Japanese snowboard champion became a porn star, and recently came back to won national championship in Japan after only 4 days of training, and is now prepping for next winter Olympics
yJga TIL Disney renamed “The Snow Queen” to “Frozen” because they found that feminine titles are a lot less appealing to boys.
KOdx6 TIL Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to go into space. In 1963, she spent almost three days in space and orbited Earth 48 times in her space capsule, Vostok 6.