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TIL that after the fall of Singapore in WWII the Japanese executed men with tattoos, on the basis that they were probably criminals

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xNgk TIL British Airways Flight 5390 suffered the loss of half the windscreen at 17,000 feet, resulting in the pilot being half sucked out of the plane. He survived with relatively minor injuries, despite the crew considering letting him go after presuming he was dead.
QJrP6 TIL Unlike many Eastern European countries under Nazi occupation, Albania which has a Muslim & Christian population and a tradition of tolerance—became a safe haven for Jews. At the end of 1938, Albania was the only country in Europe that still issued visas to Jews through its embassy in Berlin.
DQKoP TIL: That upon its UK release in March 1974, The Exorcist drew nationwide protests around Britain from the Nationwide Festival of Light (NFL), a Christian public action group. Local clergy and concerned citizens handed out leaflets offering spiritual support afterwards to those queuing for the film.
Bg6or TIL the earliest recorded known use of the arrow symbol (“→”) was in 1737
enKD TIL Kevin Carter, who two months after he won a Pulitzer for a photo of a vulture stalking a starving child in the Sudan, killed himself and in his suicide note wrote, “I am haunted by the vivid memories…of starving or wounded children…”