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TIL Japan is an island not connected to Asia 😭

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W79X9 TIL in the Siege of Arrah 1857, an army of 11000 Indians failed to defeat the besieged 50 British soldiers and 18 civilians
Lkgrm TIL In India, the police aren't allowed to handcuff prisoners unless they are at an extreme risk of escaping. The Supreme Court said that handcuffing is against the dignity of an unconvicted prisoner and thus violative of his fundamental rights. So Policemen holdhands instead.
LkJkv TIL that in 1938, a man in prison trained a cockroach to smuggle him cigarettes. He was later released because the warden said "a man who can train a cockroach doesn't belong in prison".
xVon7 TIL Seth Green almost ended up playing Jay (of Jay and Silent Bob) in Mallrats. The studio didn't want Jason Mews in the role and he was forced to audition for it. While Kevin Smith successfully fought off studio execs, Mews had to audition for the role alongside both Seth Green and Breckin Meyer.
QJ8Od TIL in 1929, German doctor Werner Forssmann performed the first human cardiac catheterisation on himself. After ignoring his boss and tricking a nurse into helping him, he inserted a catheter into his right arm before calmly walking to the x-ray department. He was later awarded with the Nobel Prize.