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TIL that a Danish man saved over 6000 chinese people from the japanese army during the Nanking Massacre.

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nW8Ed TIL a martini glass is half full when the liquid is 80% the depth of the glass
a8Y0N TIL Ciabatta was invented in 1982 to compete with imported baguettes.
71rr TIL there is a $100 coin that is legal U.S. tender. They weigh1 ounce and are 99.95% platinum. This is the highest face value ever to appear on a U.S. coin.
99mr TIL Alaska has the highest botulism rate in the U.S. and one of the highest worldwide. According to the CDC, close to 40 percent of food-borne botulism cases reported in the U.S. between 1990 and 2000 (103 of 263) occurred in Alaska, one of the least populous states.
ZpEDB TIL the Linux man command used to print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30 as a joke referencing the ABBA song “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)”. Added in 2011 as an Easter Egg, it went unnoticed until it broke automated tests, prompting its removal in 2017.