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TIL Nauru Island had twelve tribes. Two extinct tribes are Iwi, known for lice, and the Irutsi, remembered for cannibalism

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YVnP TIL In 1937 psychic, Wolf Messing, predicted that Adolf Hitler would die if he ever threatened Russia, which angered Hitler and caused Messing to flee to Russia. He was then forced to prove himself for Stalin by convincing a bank teller to give him cash using only a blank piece of paper.
oBXv7 TIL Israel has largest number of start-ups per capita in the world. Compulsory military service is thought to be the main reason as it gives every single person (from any background) the tools to enter the start-up game - technical training and collaboration between diverse army community.
5YYM9 TIL Japanese police use futons, not guns. They roll up criminals like a burrito and carry them to the station to calm them down.
jPMM TIL in parts of Cambodia people have made their own trains out of bamboo after regular services stopped running.
vKmj TIL a documentary aired on the History Channel in 2003 that directly implicated LBJ in Kennedy’s assassination. Lady Bird Johnson and two ex-presidents then threatened the History Channel with legal action and the documentary was withdrawn permanently.