TIL That a Japanese soldier was stranded on a island for 30 years, not knowing that the second world war had ended for 30 years. His commander came to the island to personally dismiss him in 1974.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda



Submitted April 04, 2015 at 12:16AM by Talska http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/31c7p4/til_that_a_japanese_soldier_was_stranded_on_a/