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TIL 9/11 killed the bizarre Forrest Gump sequel

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BRak TIL that Brazil participated in WW2, the only independent South American country to do so. The 25,000-troop Brazilian Expeditionary Force worked alongside the Allies, and managed to take 20,573 Axis prisoners, consisting of two generals, 892 officers and 19,679 other ranks.
06eM TIL Reptar from Rugrats was voiced by Busta Rhymes
YVVx TIL Nixon’s family was poor. They couldn’t afford lavish vacations. And there weren’t that many national parks. So he corrected that by creating the EPA.
PYJQO TIL, the US Department of Transportation was created in 1966 after congressional hearings prompted by the book "Unsafe at Any Speed" by Ralph Nader.
RERl TIL Colorado made so much tax revenue from Marijuana in 2015 that the state had a tax holiday and removed all Marijuana related tax for one day