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TIL that during WW2 Peru deported its entire Japanese ethnic population to the US to live in the Camps

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KY619 TIL most skydiving parachutes have a computer failsafe that will automatically deploy the chute at a preset elevation or time
d80pE Today I learned that the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out because a Japanese soldier ditched during a drill to use the bathroom. When they couldn't find him, they assumed that he was kidnapped by a nearby Chinese Town. That led to an armed conflict that led to a full-scale war that lasted 8 years.
wLm61 TIL 'Figging' is the practice of inserting a piece of skinned ginger into the anus or vagina to produce an acute burning sensation. It was historically used as punishment but is now adopted as a BDSM practice.
vnL TIL on June 24, 1374, one of the first documented outbreaks of St John’s Dance struck Aachen, Germany. People would dance uncontrollably for no apparent reason, even continuing to writhe around on the ground after collapsing from exhaustion.
6Kl8 TIL Patrick Stewart adapted Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol into a one-man show, where he played over 30 characters in a three hour long performance.