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TIL that it was a federal crime in the United States for Native Americans to practice their religions, until 1978

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groDb TIL about Project Genetrix which was a United States Air Force program designed to launch General Mills manufactured surveillance balloons over China, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union to take aerial photographs and collect intelligence.
kx7 TIL that Brazil has the largest Japanese population outside Japan
loZKB TIL that during the siege of Tyre in 332 BC, Alexander the Great ordered the construction of a kilometre-long causeway between the island and the Lebanese mainland that, in addition to facilitating the breaking of the siege, collected sediment and turned the island into a peninsula.
OGoP4 TIL that Q-tips were originally called "Baby Gays"
QNK8e TIL Stu Unger, widely regarded one of the best gin and Texas hold em players of all time, won an estimated $30 million during his poker career. He died with no assets to his name, having lost much of the money betting on horses and sports, and supporting his drug habit.