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TIL that it is unclear where Wallace Fard Muhammad; founder of the Nation Of Islam is from, when he was born, what his ethnicity was, or where he disappeared to in 1934.

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oNAE TIL the Yakuza operate openly in Japan: they have offices, make charitable donations, and even have large investments in mainstream companies
j6NxM TIL about the Widmanstätten pattern wich forms in asteroids and because of many factors including temperature, pressure, time and iron/nickel content, it's impossible to recreate on earth in the same way
4X9vN TIL the term "Interest Convergence" wherein interests of minorities only improve when viewed as benefiting the majority - eg. ability to study/work from home for disabled is only now being fully actualised as it benefits all
YrZ TIL that during World War Two a German plane landed at a British airfield thinking it was a German one.
yVDne TIL that during WWI, the U.S. Army recruited bilingual women, nicknamed the "Hello Girls", to operate military switchboards near the front lines, ensuring rapid and accurate communication in both English and French.