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TIL that the United States Congress has not issued a formal declaration of war since June of 1942 (against Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania). And the USA has never "lost" such a Congressionally-declared war.

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WLr8 TIL that the University of Victoria offers a course in the science of Batman.
v7n8 TIL that The Simpons character “Edna Krabappel” was retired after Emmy Award-winning voice actress Marcia Wallace died in 2013. To acknowledged her death, the chalkboard in the opening sequence was changed to read a single “We’ll really miss you Mrs. K”
X04vP TIL of David Sarnoff, the head of RCA and NBC who suppressed and then stole FM radio and Television from their inventors, driving one to suicide and the other to alcoholism.
mxabx TIL Codex Gigas, largest manuscript in the world was the work of a single scribe according to a legend he added devil's picture out of gratitude for his aid. It is estimated it would have taken twenty years of non-stop writing to produce the work without the illustrations or embellishments.
xVvno TIL that in WWII, President George H. W. Bush was shot down along with nine other US Airmen over Chichi Jima, an island held by the Japanese. He was the only one that was not caught, tortured, and murdered. Four of the others were eaten.