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TIL Finland used a lot of resources and logistics during WW II to bring the fallen to their home parishes for a proper funeral, instead of using mass graves in the battlefield.

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L8pd TIL that in Thailand there is an army recruitment lottery. Every man over 21 has to participate. Red card you go, black card you don’t.
QxdL TIL In 2005, an inexperienced trader at a Japanese bank tried to sell 1 share of J-Com stock for ¥640,000. He accidentally sold 640,000 shares for ¥1 each; the equivalent of selling $3bil worth of shares for the price of $5,000.
LQrrP TIL 50yrs ago the Arecibo Message was sent into space to communicate human existence to potential extraterrestrial life.
KOl9Q TIL that starting in 1985, Australia built 22 small maritime patrol boats which it then donated (yes, donated) to a dozen Pacific island nations. In some cases these vessels are the only meaningful naval presence these nations possess.
D1Nyj TIL Hawaii's lava flow has added 570 acres of land to Hawaii's Big Island since 1983