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TIL that North Koreans abducted dozens of Japanese which they apologise for in 2002.

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b1WN TIL During human embryological growth, the anus is the first structure to develop. Unfortunately many humans never develop beyond this point and continue through life as assholes.
OdMX TIL the last WWII officer surrendered in 1974 after living on an Island for decades, convinced that the war was not over. He died in 2014 at age 91.
GYayE TIL that in 564 BC during the ancient Greek Olympics, a man won in the Pankration (a mixture of boxing and wrestling) despite being dead.
4XBBo TIL about Clarence Elkins, a man who was falsely convicted of murdering his mother-in-law. He believed that the killer was Earl Mann, a local criminal, also in the same jail. In prison, he stole one of Mann's cigarettes and sent it to his wife. After DNA testing showed a match, Elkins was released.
OGPEe TIL in the Battle of the Big Hole, Montana in 1877, Nez Perce Indians captured a howitzer from the United States Army, but dismantled it