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TIL during the Cambodian genocide (1975-1979) life expectancy in the country fell to 12 years.

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O4QY TIL that at it’s peak in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan had around 4-5 million men, or 15% of the nation’s eligible population
wLR66 TIL about Viktor Belenko, the Soviet MiG pilot that in 1976 defected to the USA via Japan and stole a MiG-25 jet. The USA returned the jet a year later disassembled and categorized in boxes.
Bg6Dy TIL that in a Spanish town, 700 residents are descendants of 17th-century samurai who settled there after a Japanese embassy returned home. They carry the surname "Japón," which was originally "Hasekura de Japón."
OoKE1 TIL The US Department of Agricultural uses M-44 "Cyanide Bombs" to control wildlife population
oRB0A TIL That from 1984 to 2000 Virginia celebrated "Lee-Jackson-King Day" which celebrated Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and MLK all on the same day