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TIL the most decorated infantry unit in US history was made up of Japanese-Americans during WWII despite being untrusted and their communities forced into camps.

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DQ47D TIL the average depth of the North Sea is only about 95m (312ft)
69md7 Today I learned you can get skin burns from peppers.
v1jwK TIL 6th grade student Hunter Scott did a research project on the USS Indianapolis in 1997 which eventually led to the exoneration of Captain Charles B McVay, who had widely been held responsible for the sinking of the ship in 1945 by Japanese forces. McVay committed suicide in 1968.
4kvEw TIL: a Saudi Billionaire once bought diplomatic immunity from the govt of St. Lucia so he could divorce his wife without paying alimony.
9YOa6 TIL that for the 1952 British Columbia election the Liberal/Conservative coalition introduced a ranked choice voting system with the hopes of keeping the surging Co-operative Commonwealth Federation out of power...it backfired and instead gave a majority to the fledgling Social Credit Party instead