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TIL about Jean-Louis Brenninkmeijer, an English billionaire who immigrated to Canada and is funding the creation of a miniature model of the whole country

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jNnvj TIL of Semyon Hitler, a Soviet soldier who fought against the Nazis in WW2. Despite his unlucky name, he was given a medal for bravery during the war. After the war, his family legally changed their name to Hitlev.
0bYR TIL America has almost half of the world’s civilian-owned guns, despite having 4.4% of world population
W6d9 TIL Singapore, China, India, Japan and Thailand plans to restore Nalanda University, one of the oldest ancient universities that was burnt down by Muslim invaders in 1193.
WkaR4 TIL that in 1935, a Congressman proposed an amendment that any declaration of war would need a national referendum. He said that "If the United States had such an anti-war provision in its Constitution, other countries would follow our example, and I believe wars would be brought to an end"
Rvo8 TIL After WWII Japanese were tried, convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding.