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TIL a few of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge soldiers were found hiding in jungle as recent as 2005, completely unaware Pol Pot died and Vietnamese troops no longer occupied country

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Yp97A TIL that the inhabitants of islands that were temporarily occupied during the Pacific War thought they were being visited by gods, and when the soldiers eventually left, they formed rituals that imitate planes, runways, and marches to try to bring them back. Many still do this to this day.
e07eD TIL Remarkably, frogs actually use their eyes to help them swallow food. When the frog blinks, its eyeballs are pushed downwards creating a bulge in the roof of its mouth. This bulge squeezes the food inside the frog's mouth down the back of its throat.
mxaDP TIL that if you use iTunes, you have already agreed not to use Apple products to create nuclear weapons as mentioned in the iTunes EULA.
4jbb Til there was a man who built a 40-Foot “Spite Fence” around his neighbor’s house.
Nxxb TIL that Scotland once used a currency called ‘The Unicorn’