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TIL a stranded Dutch warship, the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, evaded Japanese bombers in WWII by disguising itself as an island.

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eKbb TIL that Buddhist monks distributed over 8 million sunflowers seeds to be planted on the hillside near Fukushima to absorb radioactive ingredients in the soil and water after the nuclear disaster.
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