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TIL On the day she finished writing her suicide letter, 17 year-old Lisa McVey was adducted and assaulted my a serial killer, only to escape and become a motivational speaker

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4JYN TIL: A blonde, blue eyed Frenchman convinced 18th-C London that he was from Taiwan. He wrote a best-selling book about his “homeland” filled with bizarre facts, including a fake alphabet and language. He became the most famous “Asian” in England. In other words, the greatest troll of the 1700s.
YpQlr TIL after Japan's surrender in WWII, Americans sent many Japanese soldiers returning to their homeland through Hiroshima to impress upon them how defeated Japan was.
NXy0N TIL the 2022 World Series was the first to field no U.S.-born Black players since 1950.
R5gP4 TIL that a tiger went on an 800-mile journey to find a mate, crossed 11 villages and there was a solitary incident with a human, only when the villager came to take a selfie.
jNmNN TIL that in 2007 the musician Shaggy was awarded the Jamaican Order of Distinction with the rank of Commander, meaning his proper title is "Commander Shaggy".