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1aN9d TIL that female journalist Gao Yu was imprisoned for 5 years by the Communist Party of China for leaking "Document No. 9" which bans university professors from teaching democratic ideals such as Basic Human Rights. Failure to comply results in suppression, blacklisting, and imprisonment.
loRp1 TIL Bees use complicated dance motion to tell other bees where (location, distance & orientation) to find resources
N7W68 TIL that even though Canada did not participate in the Vietnam war, some Canadians volunteered to fight alongside the US. 134 of them lost their lives in the war.
PnBn TIL Homeless children in the 90’s in Miami developed their own elaborate mythology.
KYvv4 TIL that 2 MK 45 nuclear torpedos, each with a W34 11 kiloton nuclear warhead, are on the ocean floor with the remains of the USS Scorpion nuclear-powered submarine, which sank in 1968.