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TIL Japan is an island not connected to Asia 😭

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b6MwQ TIL Montgomery's memoirs criticised many of his wartime comrades harshly, including Eisenhower. After publishing it, he had to apologize in a radio broadcast to avoid a lawsuit. He was also stripped of his honorary citizenship of Alabama, and was challenged to a duel by an Italian lawyer.
Oo1k6 TIL the Irish word for jellyfish, smugairle róin, translates literally as 'seal snot'.
X009R TIL Choktaw people raised 140$ aid to Irish people during the Great Irish Famine which killed 1 million people. Queen Victoria whose personal wealth was over £500 million send £2000.
9YVQ TIL that Norman Borlaug is considered to be one of the greatest humanitarians as he credited for saving billions of lives, but most people have never heard of him
jGpM TIL the Walmart heirs are funding an anti-solar campaign.