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TIL that between 1945 and 1947, the US government injected 30 civilians with radioactive elements, most of whom gave no consent and had no knowledge of what the injection actually was

by whatilearned June 2, 2023, 4:36 am

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Poor living conditions, lack of basic hygiene, and prolonged war situation made the soldiers and civilians vulnerable to multiple deadly diseases during World War 1

by HistoryBuff May 14, 2023, 7:57 pm

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TIL it’s illegal for civilians to wear camouflage in 11 countries, including Jamaica, Barbados, and Zimbabwe, to prevent them from being mistaken for military personnel or law enforcement.

by whatilearned May 6, 2023, 7:29 pm

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TIL of the Manila Massacre during WWII when Japanese troops conducted mop-up operations in Manila, killing over 54,000 Filipinos, including children. Pregnant women had their bellies ripped open and fleeing civilians were executed.

by whatilearned April 8, 2023, 3:58 am

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TIL about the Amiriyah shelter bombing an aerial bombing attack that killed between 400-1,500 civilians by the U.S. Air Force

by whatilearned March 21, 2023, 9:44 pm

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TIL that a Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb killed 6 civilians in Oregon on May 5th, 1945.

by whatilearned February 12, 2023, 4:10 am

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TIL in WW2, Japan interned 130,000 British, Dutch, and American civilians. 14,000 of them perished as a result

by whatilearned February 10, 2023, 2:47 pm

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TIL: Sunday Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre,[1] was a massacre on 30 January 1972 when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march in the Bogside area of Derry,[n 1] Northern Ireland.

by whatilearned January 30, 2023, 2:48 pm

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TIL that Robert Oppenheimer’s Interim Committee advised the American government not to warn Hiroshima’s civilians of the impending atomic bomb. He was nervous that the bomb may not detonate properly, and also felt that a lack of warning would create a greater panic among Japanese leadership.

by whatilearned January 1, 2023, 3:41 am

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TIL of the Rawagede Massacre, where Dutch soldiers murdered 431 innocent civilians.

by whatilearned December 3, 2022, 5:16 pm

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TIL In the 1940’s, the Japanese army designed specialized bombs full of live mice, specifically to infect Chinese and Korean civilians with the Plague (which has a 70% mortality rate without immediate treatment).

by whatilearned September 5, 2022, 6:31 pm

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TIL about the Martyrs of Nowogródek, eleven Catholic nuns who sacrificed their lives to take the place of 120 Polish civilians condemned to die at the hands of Nazi Gestapo. Immediately after they prayed, the Gestapo suddenly released the civilians, & without warning, rounded up & executed the nuns.

by whatilearned August 1, 2022, 7:13 am

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