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TIL that close to 50 million people died at the hands of Japanese aggression between 1931 and 1945 in the Asian Holocaust during the Asia Pacific War

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ADloo TIL that they hit dead popes in the head with a hammer, just to make sure.
ANRdl TIL that the Wizard of Oz (1939) popularized Green Witches
woVv7 TIL in 2001, the Japanese emperor admitted the ancient Korean blood (Baekje royal family) in the "unbroken" imperial line of Japan, and Korean influence in the formative years (7~9th century) of Japan. In Korea it became front-page news, while in Japan most media stayed silent
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