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TIL that after the 1984 Bhopal disaster, the worst industrial accident in history, the American CEO of Union Carbide, Warren Anderson, fled India and was declared a fugitive. The US government refused to extradite him, and he died a free man in Florida in 2014.

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TIL that after the 1984 Bhopal disaster, the worst industrial accident in history, the American CEO of Union Carbide, Warren Anderson, fled India and was declared a fugitive. The US government refused to extradite him, and he died a free man in Florida in 2014.

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TIL about Wang Mang, a Confucian scholar from the 1st-century who overthrew the Han Dynasty in a coup and declared himself Emperor of China. He abolished slavery and nationalized all land, attempting to redistribute it equally to peasants. His reforms caused a civil war and he was beheaded

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TIL in 1890 Anna Lea Merritt painted “Love Locked Out” to mourn her husband who died 3 months after their wedding. She said: “I feared people saw forbidden love, while my Love waited for the door of death to open and reunite us.” First painting by a woman in Britain’s national collection.

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TIL In 1653, Dutch sailor Hendrick Hamel and 35 crewmates shipwrecked off the coast of Joseon (modern-day Korea). Due to Joseon’s isolationist policy, they were not permitted to leave. After 13 years, Hamel and 7 others escaped by boat to Japan. He then wrote the first Western account of Korea.

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