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TIL a single church spire emerging from the center of a lake marks the architectural tomb of an entire town flooded during World War II

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W7kOY TIL: The Coconut Monk was a pacifist mystic who founded the Coconut Religion in Vietnam. He lived on an island, meditated in a palm tree for hours every day, had a cat and mouse as his companions, made shards of bombs into a gong, and went to prison for his opposition to the Vietnam War.
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