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TIL of Tommy Prince, an Indigenous Canadian War Hero & one of Canada’s most decorated First Nations Soldiers, serving in World War II & the Korean War. Prince was a part of the first Canadian regiment to arrive in the Korean War Zone.

by whatilearned January 16, 2022, 10:11 am

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TIL in 1983 Russia, thinking the US was attacking them, shot down a Korean passenger plane that had inadvertently entered their airspace. Due to this, Ronald Reagan made an executive order that GPS, owned by USA, be made available for civilian use to prevent such confusion happening again.

by whatilearned January 16, 2022, 1:18 am

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TIL, fighter pilot Francis Gabreski was the highest scoring American flying ace in Europe with 28 aerial victories while flying the P-47 Thunderbolt, during World War II. He again became a flying ace in the Korean War, when he shot down 6 MiG-15s in aerial combat while flying the F-86 Sabre.

by whatilearned December 3, 2021, 9:49 am

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TIL about Jeoldusan or “Beheading Mountain”, a Korean mountain which was the site where thousands of Catholics were beheaded at the orders of King Daewongun. Today, the chopping block used for these beheadings are still present.

by whatilearned December 3, 2021, 12:21 am

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A North Korean go to Poland…

by cringeyjokesman November 29, 2021, 6:33 pm

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Death Of South Korean Dictator Leaves Brutal Legacy Unresolved

by HistoryBuff November 26, 2021, 4:09 pm

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You will never be Korean

by CopyPastaArchive November 15, 2021, 8:34 pm

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TIL about Jean baptiste Kim who defected from South korea because his family faced incarceration.After being a french citizen he worked for the North korean authorities for 11 years, and served as the foreign correspondent for North korean newspaper Rodong shinmun.

by whatilearned November 14, 2021, 5:19 pm

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TIL that speakers of the Altaic language family (Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Turkic) all share a common genetic heritage associated with the independent domesticatiom of Millet in the Far East

by whatilearned November 12, 2021, 1:57 pm

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TIL that the first car ever imported to North America by a Korean automaker was the Hyundai Pony II, and it was only sold in Canada. Between 1984 and 1985, around 45,000 of these cars were purchased with a price tag starting at $5,900 CAD.

by whatilearned November 12, 2021, 12:49 pm

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TIL that the Chinese army held an Olympics event for captured POWs in the Korean war, with 500 POWs from 11 countries participating. POWs also took roles as photographers, announcers and reporters.

by whatilearned November 8, 2021, 9:43 am

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TIL the theory of Peninsular Japonic. Linguists believe a Japonic language was spoken on central & southern parts of the Korean Peninsula. The language supposedly spread to Japan during the Yayoi period migration, while the remaining Japonic went extinct & got replaced by Koreanic-speakers in Korea.

by whatilearned October 29, 2021, 3:08 pm

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