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TIL James Clavell The author of Shogun and King Rat was held as POW during WWII in horrific conditions and used that experience to write the novel and screen play for King Rat.

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vaxD TIL beekeepers in France discovered blue and green honey, the result of bees foraging in the waste created in the production of M&Ms.
OLpR TIL the University of Florida student who coined “Don’t taze me bro!” trademarked the phrase less than 2 weeks after the incident.
LnOv TIL Billionaire Boys Club was a Ponzi scheme started in 1983 by young boys from rich families. Money contributed by investors was spent supporting lavish lifestyles. When funds ran short in 1984 club members turned to murder & at least two people were killed as they tried to raise more money
x6N4o TIL Julius Evola, an Italian philosopher, would regularly walk around the city during bombing raids to "ponder his destiny". During one such aerial bombardment in 1945, a shell fragment damaged his spinal cord and he became paralysed from the waist down, remaining so for the rest of his life.
5YpR TIL on this day in 1977 (15/08/1977) a signal was received on the Big Ear Telescope in Ohio that is thought to be from outside our Solar System. No signal of this type has been received before or since this.