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TIL two Alaskan islands were occupied by Japan in WWII.
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TIL: Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, is credited with creating one of the earliest professional armies in the world, ruling from 359-336BC. Philip’s reforms led to Macedonia becoming hegemon of the Greek peninsula, paving the way for Alexander’s conquest of Persia by 326 BC.
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TIL about Turkish oil wrestling a traditional sport where participants called pehlivan (wrestlers) or baspehlivan (master wrestlers), wrestle while covered in oil which makes it harder to grab each other
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TIL that Peter the Great of Russia loved partying, so much so, that he started a club called The All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters. It started as a group of 80-200 men, and grew to more than 1,500 men as the parties got bigger and bigger. They got in trouble for mocking the Church.
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TIL about rabbit starvation - eating nothing but rabbit meat will lead to starvation due to lack of fat.
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TIL that the Superdry clothing brand is a thoroughly British company that uses non-sensical Japanese writing in their branding just like many Japanese brands uses non-sensical English/Engrish in theirs. Even consumers of Superdry products are unaware of the British origin.