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TIL two Alaskan islands were occupied by Japan in WWII.

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4PXb TIL Winston Churchill once defined tact as “the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such as way that they look forward to the trip.”
AANd TIL there is a custom in Naples called Caffè Sospeso where someone who had experienced good luck would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
NGNP TIL that an Irish outlaw by the name of Gallagher became infamous in the 1800’s after he forced an oppressive British landlord to eat eviction notices intended for local Irish families.
a8Y7b TIL the oldest known zoo dates to c. 3500 BC in ancient Egypt.
J1pvQ TIL that in 1964, 17-year-old Randy Gardner set the world record for sleep deprivation by staying awake for 11 days and 25 minutes, providing valuable insights into the effects of extreme sleep loss on the human mind and body.