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TIL Australia has a War Memorial for all the animals who have died during armed conflict.

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N7jNb TIL that Henry Tandy, the soldier who allegedly spared Adolf Hitler, went on to become the most decorated private soldier in WWI. During the 5th battle of Ypres, Tandy, who refused to kill unarmed men one of which, was supposedly Hitler, Received the Victorian Cross award.
v1jmL TIL John F Kennedy revoked Sammy Davis Jr's inauguration invite due to his planned marriage to white actress May Britt
PAYZ TIL South Korea bans children aged under 16 from playing online games between midnight and 6AM under a so-called “Cinderella Law”
W7y1d TIL: 242 known languages went extinct during the 20th century
NX7mJ TIL the Statute of Liberty isn't named as a representative of freedom, it's literally the Statute of Liberty, the Roman goddess of liberation.