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TIL the Iroquois Confederacy declared war on Germany in WWI and WWII

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x69Qw TIL that "Wolfman Jack" from the 1973 film “American Graffiti” was a real disc-jockey named Robert Smith who was active for over three decades. The film’s extreme financial success provided him with regular income for life until his death at 57 in 1995.
0lN5 TIL that the US Postal Inspection Service has a list of members who have died in the line of duty. Half of them have the cause of death listed as “Gunfire”.
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