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TIL the reason allied forces had nets on their helmets during WW2 was to reduce the helmets ‘shine’ and it would also allow soldiers to place bits of foliage to increase their camouflage

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QNvYM TIL 120.2 billion servings of instant noodles were eaten around the world in 2023 alone. Assuming it takes three minutes to prepare each serving, then the total time spent on preparing noodles last year was approximately 690,000 years.
GYpGg TIL in 2014, a small Japanese village tried to set up a monument to remember the WW2 Korean slaves that died in the region, but were forced to stop by Japanese ultranationalists. These ultranationalists have also been successful in the removal of other monuments of contrition around Japan.
gyX8 TIL the band that wrote and performed “Come and Get Your Love” was made up of Native Americans
9YVx6 TIL that the only document with the taste of Cyanide written is the Suicide Note of an Indian Goldsmith who killed himself in 2006 by mixing a pinch of it in his liquor. He wrote “Doctors, potassium cyanide. I have tasted it. It burns the tongue and tastes acrid."
XE1rk TIL the coastal hillsides of Japan have “tsunami stones” placed by previous generations. The stones indicate the high-water mark of previous tsunamis, with a warning to not build structures below. Heeding such warnings kept some places safe from damage during the 2011 tsunami.