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TIL about Vis-O-Matic the pre-internet online shopping service of the 1950s

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PYDAL TIL: 1,400 Filipinos defeated 40,000 chinese communists on the battle of Yultong during the Korean war, 1951. Leaving a lethal blow against the Chinese army.
OVO7 TIL Steven Spielberg didn’t accept a salary for Schindler’s List as he considered it “blood money.”
16xEr TIL One of Emperor Hirohito's most treasured possessions was a Mickey Mouse watch, which was presented to him on a trip to the US when he visited Disneyland in 1975. When he died in 1989 he was buried with the watch.
wokm7 TIL Ancient Roman texts describe a tell for pathicus - a derogatory term that describes the passive man in same-sex acts. When a man scratches his head with only one finger, that was the tell of a pathicus because he was careful not to disturb is hairdo.
KKQ4 TIL That Russia had a genocide with far more people in WWII, but because they joined the allies last minute, no one, including men still alive today, was held accountable for these actions.