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TIL When Japanese WWII soldier Hiroo Onoda heard of Japan’s surrender, he thought it was Allied propaganda. He and his unit stayed in the mountains, killing 30 Filipinos and engaging the police in several shootouts. He finally surrendered in 1974, 29 years after the war ended.

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