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TIL There’s a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby the original. It is used for surveying

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LkQMd TIL of the "Niihau Incident". After a Japanese Pilot crashed on a remote Hawaiian Island following Pearl Harbor, three Japanese Americans tried to help him escape, taking locals hostage and shooting at one. Their actions may have influenced the decision to intern Japanese Americans during WWII.
9w5vG TIL: Iraq's GDP is $284 Billion
xj6o TIL Charlie Chaplin considered Cantinflas to be “the greatest comedian alive”
LQ5yr TIL that at least one malaria strain has evolved to make infected mosquitoes feed more frequently. This is because mosquitoes’ immune systems eventually kill most diseases they consume, requiring them to feed again quickly to spread a disease.
Z8JMD TIL The luftwaffe planted buoys in the english channel for downed pilots to survive in, containing food, alcohol, clothing and games.