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TIL that Nobuo Fujita, the Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during World War II returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret

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8jlZ TIL that after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the yakuza sent hundreds of trucks filled with food, water, blankets, and sanitary accessories to aid the people in the affected areas of the natural disaster.
D1VBg TIL about 'Fast Eddie' Maher, a security driver who stole £1.2m and fled to America
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