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TIL India’s Independence Day (Aug 15) was chosen by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, because it was the 2nd anniversary of Japan’s WWII surrender, a day he personally oversaw as Supreme Allied Commander.

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xaMb TIL that in 1861, a small hamlet in Western NY voted to cecede and join the Confederates, sending 5 soldiers to fight. They didn’t officially rejoin the Union until 1946.
RJ17 TIL a 93-YEAR-OLD Japanese man has been officially recognised as the only person to have survived two nuclear bombs.
oRvlA TIL out of the world's ten most polluted cities nine are in India
ZpGrp TIL that in 1962, Jackie Gleason chartered a train and went on a 10-day cross-country tour to promote his new show. It cost $90,000, had five cars, and included performers and a six-piece band.
4yjo TIL women in China get 98 days of government-funded maternity leave by default, an extra 15 days for difficult childbirths, and even a shortened maternity leave up to 42 days for miscarriages. Also, if women have a late childbirth (after the age of 23) they can get an extra month of leave or more.