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TIL Police in Anderson, California issued and trained their officers to use nunchucks

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VBl5m TIL the Harvard Corporation was founded in 1650 to govern Harvard University, and is the oldest corporation in the Western Hemisphere
jN7n TIL that Major Charles Sweeny, pilot of the B29 that nuked Nagasaki, ignored direct orders during the bombing, nearly causing the plane to crash from low fuel. Instead of investigating Sweeny’s conduct, the chief of staff for the Strategic Air Forces simply stated “You fucked up, didn’t you, Chuck?”
8e6jV TIL that a 12 year old boy enlisted to fight in WWI after lying about his age and fought in the Battle of the Somme at 13 before his mother revealed his true age and brought him home.
VGVD TIL it’s still legal for an employer to fire someone–for any reason–if they’re a communist.
0wMML TIL that Dred Scott and William Tecumseh Sherman are buried in the same cemetery located in St. Louis, Missouri.