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TIL Bob Hoover, an American Spitfire pilot in WW2, was shot down over occupied France and captured but was able to escape from the POW camp 16 months later, steal a German fighter, and fly it from northern Germany to friendly territory in Holland.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by MetaSatakOz t3_10hyd66
TIL of Clement Vallandigham, a lawyer and congressman during the Civil War. The Union deported him for supporting the Confederacy. After the war, he died by accidentally shooting himself during a murder trial while trying to show the murder weapon could have misfired. His client got off as a result
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by MikiLove t3_10p5y5a
TIL about the Kyujo Incident that occurred on Aug 14, 1945 where several Japanese officers occupied the Japanese Imperial Palace in an attempted coup of the Emperor to prevent him from surrendering to the Allies. They murdered several people and when their plot failed, they committed suicide.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by ClownfishSoup t3_10mrjak
TIL in 1994, David Kang fired two blank shots from a starting pistol at Prince Charles during an Australia Day speech. He was found guilty of threatening unlawful violence and sentenced to 500 hours of community service. In 2004, he was admitted to the NSW Bar and is a practising barrister.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by Str33twise84 t3_10ciz72
TIL that rapper MF DOOM never attained full US citizenship, despite living in the states for the majority of his life. Because of this, he was forced to live out the rest of his life in UK from 2010, following a “Born Like This” tour, until his death in 2020.
theguardian.comSubmitted by CEDAfwysj t3_10o01m4
TIL about Wenceslao Moguel (nicknamed "The executed one"), a Mexican soldier under Pancho Villa who was sentenced to death after being captured but survived the execution by firing squad after being shot 8 times, and then once in the head as a coup de grâce.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by TheMadhopper t3_10lxb87