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TIL a group of escaped German POWs returned to Camp Ozada in Alberta, Canada voluntarily after encountering a grizzly bear

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KObm9 TIL about Nuclear Semiotics - the study of how to warn people 10,000+ years from now about nuclear waste, when all known languages may have disappeared
kOyj4 TIL of the Truth about Hansel and Gretel - a book that purportedly uncovered the origins of the myth: a baker named Hans Metzler and his sister Gretel killed an old woman for her recipe for gingerbread. Wildly popular, the book was soon discovered to be a hoax
AAX7 TIL that while in full swing in the US during the 50s, lobotomy was already banned in many countries including the Soviet Union which deemed the procedure contrary to the principles of humanity.
grllD TIL: Singapore is represented as a triangle in PolandBall comics and there is a paper examining why published in April 2023
wLoYM TIL that Kit Harington is a direct descendant of Robert Catesby - the mastermind behind the plot to blow up parliament. Kit also plays Catesby in the BBC drama Gunpowder, retelling the story behind the plot.