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TIL that Nehru rejected permanent membership for India on the UN Security Council to keep India out of Cold War politics

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a8MXo TIL that creator of Wonder Woman was in a thruple that involved his first wife and his student. They were heavily into bondage which inspired early iterations of the super heroine. Thruple lasted 22 years all the way to his death
lel7 TIL it gets too hot, not too cold, on the International Space Station
loxb7 TIL Marilyn Monroe was discovered while working at the Radioplane factory in 1945. She worked on the first ever remote controlled drones during WWII.
Ojvg TIL Canada granted asylum to Denise Harvey, a U.S. Citizen who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for having sex with a 16 year old because it wouldn’t be a crime in Canada and the sentence was deemed cruel and unusual punishment
YyvW TIL That trains in Japan are so punctual, that if they are even 5 minutes late, the passengers get a formal apology, and most times they’ll even get a “delay certificate.” Delays that are over an hour will also appear on the news.