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TIL about the Bonin Islanders, a mixed European-Polynesian(Hawaiian) ethnic group native to Japans Bonin Islands, most of whom were exiled to mainland Japan during WW2

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XKQQ TIL some ducks have been observed floating through tidal rapids or fast-moving sections of rivers, and when they’ve reached the end, hurrying back to the beginning to ride over and over.
b67V7 TIL about Jergentroppen, Norway's All Female Special Forces Group
VMwj8 TIL Barron Hilton (of Hilton Hotels) was so embarrassed by his granddaughter Paris being caught driving while intoxicated, he disinherited the whole damned family. The patriarch instead pledged to donate 97% of his estate to charity upon his death.
b90y7 TIL when a painting was stolen from the Museum of Bad Art, the museum initially offered a reward of $6.50 for its return. This was latter upped to $36.73. Ten years later, the thief contacted the museum and demanded a $5000 ransom for the painting. No ransom was paid, but it was returned anyway.
9wAmB TIL Flowers, pinecones, shells, fruits, hurricanes and even spiral galaxies, all exhibit the Fibonacci sequence. Every number in the sequence is generated by adding together the two previous numbers. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21…etc