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TIL that during World War I that US soldiers were the only allied soldiers sent overseas without condoms.

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XrG8 TIL in the 1950s, a married duo had a live BBC radio program where the husband would seemingly transmit telepathic messages from the studio to his wife who was in a different location each episode (underwater, in a plane, etc) and would then repeat it back. Even now, it is unknown how this was done.
6Elxw TIL I learned that the first ever German ever killed in World War 2 was killed by the Japanese
LA5P TIL Saladin, legendary leader of the Muslims during the Third Crusade, was Kurdish
0wY6j TIL Japan banned child pornography in 2014.
j6kGX TIL Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll started a show on Chicago's WGN Radio in 1924 called Sam 'n' Henry. Successful, but wanting more money, they moved to WMAQ radio and renamed the same show Amos 'n' Andy. The two were on NBC and CBS radio for 28 years.