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JApj TIL: Japanese war criminal, Tojo Hideki, attempted suicide after the surrender. He was saved and resuscitated by Allied forces, who then hanged him.
KYXra TiL Jerry Sadowitz had a 1987 album withdrawn from circulation after he refered to Jimmy Savile as a paedophile
PY1ww TIL that architects can design a home or building with a glass structure that lets cool air in the bottom and releases warm air at its top. This is known as a solar chimney and works off similar principles of regular fire chimneys
YOeG TIL, a group of coconut crabs is called a “nightmare,” with leg spans reaching up to three feet, and are known to climb trees on their native islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans; they’ve also been observed devouring chickens and kittens.
aJPA TIL That citizens of the Commonwealth (Canada, Australia ect.) are allowed to vote in the United Kingdom.