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TIL, a 400 year-old Bonsai tree had survived the United States’ atomic bomb on Hiroshima…then was later given to the United States as a national gift.

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PYxrJ TIL that Finnish people recycle over 90% of their cans and bottles. This is because they get part of their money back from the cost of the product.
XEwrX TIL Sgt. Maj. Daniel J. Daly, the 'fightenest Marine I ever knew', encouraged the Marine advance in 1918 by yelling to his men and , 'Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?' In his career he got the DSC, 2 MOH, a Navy Cross, and a Silver Star, plus other medals.
loR6r TIL of the Republic of Kalmykia, a region of western Russia where the predominant religion is Buddhism
WkyNo TIL: John Spinello, the inventor of the game 'Operation' sold it for $500 USD in 1964 to a toy inventor. It has since made more than $40 million in sales for the Milton Bradley Company. In 2014, he had to crowdfund to afford a $25,000 operation to fix his teeth.
M7kYa TIL of the Byzantine emperor Andronikos I Komnenos, ruling between 1081 and 1118. Due to his frequest mutilation and blinding of enemies he was given the epithet "Misophaes" - Hater of Sunlight