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TIL: As many as a quarter million Chinese citizens were executed by Japanese forces as retaliation for helping the pilots that crashed landed during the Doolittle raid.

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8aryL TIL Actor Billy Dee Williams (Lando from StarWars) Promotes A Life View Without The Concept Of Race. He Sees Himself As A "Universal Being Part Of The Cosmos" And Since The 80s Has Criticized Show Business For Creating Race Stereotypical Characters Which He Has Avoided As An Actor.
p8vob TIL a man lived with a bullet in his head for five years after forgetting he was shot at party. When presented with the bullet, the man recalled he had received a blow to the head around midnight at a New Year's party 5 years prior but had forgotten about it because he had been "very drunk"
GADdE TIL that banoffee pie was created in 1971 at the Hungry Monk Restaurant in the UK. The chef and owner of the restaurant were trying to replicate a San Francisco recipe for Blum's Coffee Toffee Pie. They added banana to one version of the recipe and it proved very popular with their customers.
JYZa4 TIL that Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 has a song call Confisco from Charlie Brown Junior made possible because the fans made a petition asking Activision. CBR is a locally famous brazilian band, the singer most know as Chorão was a big skate advocate, he passed 2013.
BAW TIL a lack of sleep can increase your craving for junk food