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TIL that The post-war Japanese constitution has forbidden Japan from having an army.

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g6WA TIL the US government seized $80 mil worth of gold coins in 2011 that a Pennsylvania middle class family found in their grandfather’s safe deposit box. The coins pre-dated the Great Depression and an order by then President Roosevelt that all gold was to be seized by the government.
YpLDr TIL That in 1969, Stanford wanted to send the word “Login” wirelessly to become the first word ever sent. They sent the L and the O, then the system crashed. When they started again, they sent the L - making the first three letters ever sent over the internet, “Lol”.
VkLm TIL A former math professor with a PhD from Stanford University specializing in statistics has won the lottery FOUR times
m1RnR TIL from 1961 to 1965, Mossad operative Eli Cohen spied in Syria as Kamal Amin Thaabet, managed to integrate the highest ranks of military and government and was considered to become deputy minister for defense until caught by counterintelligence
RKP1 TIL that a duel between three people is actually called a truel.