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TIL in WWII, the Japanese bombed Saskatchewan, Canada. The only damage was a fence.

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78YrP TIL there is a stable population of rhesus macaque monkeys in central Florida. They were released on an island in a swamp as part of a jungle cruise attraction in 1938, but escaped the island because the tour operator didn’t know they could swim.
Gjw1 TIL that the caterpillars fool the ants by making sounds that mimic the ant queen. Then they take them to their nest and feed them.
6rjJ TIL That the Japanese school year is 240 days long, giving their students three more years of total instruction received compared to an American High School grad.
gr7bW TIL about the Nivelle Offensive a Franco-British operation on the Western Front in the First World War which was named after General Robert Nivelle, the commander-in-chief of the French metropolitan armies, who led the offensive. The failure of the offensive caused the French army to mutiny.
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