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TIL about Kim Bok-Dong and what a "comfort woman" was. During WWII, at 14 years old, Kim Bok-Dong was taken to Japan where she joined other young women who were forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers. The Japanese government later made them work as nurses to try to hide what had happened

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loZbG TIL about Canadian serial killer Gilbert Paul Jordan aka The Boozing Barber who killed 8-10 aboriginal women by forcing them to drink lethal quantities of alcohol. One of his victims, Patricia Andrew, had a blood alcohol level at 0.79. Jordan also drank at least 50 oz of vodka each day.
EgVGX TIL that the opposite of having extra fingers/toes - called polydactyly - is called oligodactyly, from the Greek "oligos-"=few.
X0AeE TIL that scientist have now unraveled the mystery of the Ancient Roman structures and figured out the actual concrete recipe of the Ancient Romans and why it's still standing after thousands of years.
DQevj TIL of Laura Secord who walked 20 miles through American lands to inform the British-Canadian military about an American attack during the War of 1812. The alerted British-Canadian forces were able to repel the attack and capture 500 American soldiers.
WkDYB TIL the inventor of plastic bags, Sten Gustaf Thulindid, didn't believe in single-use plastics. he carried a plastic bag in his pocket and used it over and over again.