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TIL that in the Hawaiian language, there are over 200 different words for rain, depending on the colour, intensity, duration, accompanying wind, time of year, the paths the drops fall in, the area it falls in, and even if it falls shortly after a loved one's death.

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Kona TIL during the Japanese Occupation, a Japanese guard told Lee Kuan Yew to join a group of segregated men. Sensing something was wrong, he asked to go home and take his clothes, which the guard agreed. The men were taken the beach and shot. Lee went on to be one of the Founding Fathers of Singapore.
007L TIL George Lucas stated Sean Connery’s portrayal of James Bond was one of the primary inspirations for Indiana Jones, a reason Connery was chosen for the role of Indiana’s father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Oo7P4 TIL A way Switzerland kept itself from being invaded is by booby-trapping and blowing up all it's border linkages, and bridges making it merely impossible for the Nazis to invade during WW2.
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Yp00d TIL in order to keep Genghis Khan’s burial site a secret, Khan’s successors killed anyone who witnessed his funeral procession. Some 800 soldiers are said to have massacred the 2,000 people who attended his funeral, before being summarily executed themselves.