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TIL That 3000 Ethiopians fought in the Korean War as part of the UN

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wLlmJ TIL the University of Erfurt in Germany was founded in 1379, and closed in 1816. But it was re-established in 1994 following Germany's reunification. Therefore, it claims to be both the oldest and youngest University in Germany.
Aedg TIL Forrest Gump beat ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ and 'Pulp Fiction’ to win the Oscar for the Best Picture in 1995. Also, Tom Hanks beat Morgan Freeman and John Travolta to win the Best Actor in the same year.
7BbX TIL that some older PCs would play Für Elise through their motherboard speakers to indicate hardware failure. Other tunes occasionally heard included “It’s a Small, Small World” and “Eye of the Tiger.”
d5wK TIL when a Pediatrician was involved in a fiery car wreck and was pinned in his burning car, among the fire rescue crew that arrived to save him was a man whose life the doctor had saved 30 years earlier as an infant.
ABOw TIL After the Vietnam war Vietnamese farmers recycled thousands of external fuel tanks from U.S. aircraft to create river boats and canoes