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TIL that the Chinese army held an Olympics event for captured POWs in the Korean war, with 500 POWs from 11 countries participating. POWs also took roles as photographers, announcers and reporters.

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APR4 TIL that The Strip, the thing Las Vegas is most famous for, is not actually located within the city of Las Vegas. It is in an adjacent unincorporated area of Clark County known as Paradise, Nevada.
loDE1 TIL Nikola Tesla was only 35 years old when he patented the Tesla Coil and became an American citizen the same year.
rWn0 TIL An entire town was completely destroyed by a single, massive tornado. Population is currently zero and there are no plans to rebuild.
R7PO8 TIL that Sarah Hyland, of Modern Family fame, was diagnosed with kidney dysplasia when she was young, received two kidney transplants from her father and her brother and has undergone 16 surgeries, even during the shooting of Modern Family
WQ09 TIL that Ronald Reagan gave info on fellow actors to the FBI, and later received political favors from J Edgar Hoover