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TIL just after WW2, the US occupied two provinces of Northern China with 50,000 marines to repatriate the 600,000+ Japanese soldiers and Korean conscripts still in China after the war since neither Japan nor either side of the Chinese Civil War were logistically capable of doing so at the time.

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4mV6 TIL Disney’s Mulan grossed $300 million worldwide but barely made $30,000 in her home province of Hunan,China. Some Beijingers say they found her too self-aggrandizing, and opposes Confucian culture, which emphasizes values of modesty and community
7nKL TIL that 28 US states have an official state beverage. 21 of those 28 chose milk. Alabama chose whiskey.
0jJy TIL Tom Hanks’ brother, Jim Hanks, provides the voice for Woody in the Toy Story video games, short films, toys and basically anything that isn’t the Pixar movies.
epxkg TIL between 2002 and 2018, 13 people were killed in Filipino karaoke bars while performing Frank Sinatra's "My Way" by other drunken patrons. Reasons include singing it in the wrong key or too many times in a row, or the "arrogant" lyrics putting off the audience. Most bars have now banned the song.
vodR TIL that 50% of the fuel needed to get to Mars is required just to get out of low Earth orbit.