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TIL that the last WW2 POW to be repatriated was a Hungarian soldier who sat in a Russian mental hospital for 53 years before a linguist realized that he wasn’t actually talking gibberish

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QJkkL TIL of Drapetomania, a pseudo-scientific mental illness that suggested slaves were mentally ill for running away from their slave owners, and was supposedly caused by slave owners being too friendly with slaves, and "treating them as equals".
ep47g TIL that Bhutan is so isolationist that they only have diplomatic relations with 54 UN states, which is 106 less states than North Korea's 160.
v1oLx TIL about Jim’s Corner. Travelers using the single gravel road in and out of the Northwest Angle are expected to use a telephone at Jim's Corner to contact Canadian or U.S. Customs and make their declarations as the border crossing is unstaffed.
4OnX TIL The half brother of the last Emperor of China is still alive at 94 years old
VXbk TIL Woody Allen’s son tweeted last Father’s Day: “Happy father’s day— or as they call it in my family, happy brother-in-law’s day”