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e7Ek TIL That Ethiopia sent a battalion of soldiers to the Korean War. At the end of the conflict, they were the only contingent with no prisoners in North Korea, because no Ethiopian ever surrendered.
69V7w TIL the world's longest constitution was the Constitution of Alabama from 1901-2022. At 388,882 words, it was 51 times longer than the U.S. Constitution and 12 times longer than the average U.S. state constitution.
kOrLg TIL Hachikō the Akita dog became famous in the 1920s for meeting his master every day at a railway station. He continued to make the journey nine years after his owner's death, and is held up in Japanese culture as an example of loyalty and fidelity.
V8Qk TIL a German company has developed a maglev elevator that can move horizontally as well as vertically.
ZpgAa TIL: In 2008 a man beheaded and ate a man’s eyes on a greyhound bus in Canada and was found not guilty of murder and is now roaming free