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TIL China’s subway beggars have designed a system that governs which turf they get to work. Greenhand beggars who intrude on lines reserved for the disabled or elderly get a beating.

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OK8g TIL there was a man who fought for Finland, the Nazis, and the US Army Special Forces, escaped a POW camp, was pardoned by the President of Finland, earned a Bronze Star and Five Purple Hearts, and disappeared in 1965, only to have his remains confirmed in 1999.
5mnR TIL a genetic disease called Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva causes human tissue to turn into bone. “Sufferers are slowly imprisoned by their own skeletons.”
47aJ TIL of a Malawian teenager who taught himself how to build a windmill out of junk and bring power to his village. He then went on to build a second, larger windmill to power irrigation pumps. He did this all from books he read in the library.
GAD6J TIL about the 1033 Program, which provides for the transfer of excess military supplies and materiel to civilian local law enforcement agencies.
EgMG0 TIL Velveeta cheese was one of the first foods to get the American Medical Association's approval. In 1931 the AMA cited that Velveeta's nutritional value built "firm flesh"