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TIL the US warned Japanese citizens at least 5 days in advance of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They dropped millions of leaflets and issued radio broadcasts urging citizens to flee.

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8aJ6Z TIL of the term Anal Expulsiveness which is the opposite to Anal Retention meaning obsessive behaviour
xm6w TIL in 2015, a report found 100+ Walmart products labeled “Made in the USA” that are actually made elsewhere.
MeGJB TIL About Lev Kpoelev, a Soviet Professor and Red Army Intrepreter, who was sentenced to 10 years of gulag for criticizing Soviet atrocities against German civilians. After released, he continued denouncing Soviet policies and was exiled to West Germany, where he continued teaching.
grK0L TIL David Carradine died from Auto Erotic Asphyxiation
ANOZw TIL that in 2017 scientists discovered a new shark species in the depths of the ocean - and it glows