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v1yj4 TIL about Unit 731, a Japanese complex that during WW2 performed lethal biological and chemical experiments to over 3000 people, carrying out some of the most notorious war crimes in Japanese history.
kJ8oE TIL there's a non-working phone booth in Japan, created by a gardener to help deal with the death of his cousin. It was opened to the public after the 2011 tsunami and has since received over 30,000 visitors who come to have a one way conversation with their loved ones.
69N7 TIL Soviet banknotes following the Russian Revolution had the Communist Manifesto printed on them in different languages, encouraging workers of the world to unite.
6976J TIL that somebody won a Nobel prize by treating late stage syphilis with malaria-infected blood
X0mQ TIL that WWI technically ended in 1958 as Andorra was forgotten when the Treaty of Versailles was signed.