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TIL Iwo Jima changed its name back to Iōtō in 2007

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1R68 TIL that a Peanuts character named Charlotte Braun was killed off by Schulz after a fan asked him to remove her from the strip. In his response, Schultz told the fan she was responsible for the death of the character and included a picture of Charlotte Braun with an ax through her head
09NA TIL that test audiences that viewed the film “Good Night and Good Luck” prior to its release complained that the actor who played Joe McCarthy was too over-the-top, not realizing that the film used archival footage of McCarthy himself.
E1jkW TIL Kentaro Miura, author of manga series Berserk, was so meticulous that he would often go pixel-by-pixel in digital drawing software meant to streamline his inking and drawing process
oAn8 TIL That the United States is considered the origin of at least 60 different kinds of sandwiches.
ANK1g TIL that John Clem is the youngest noncommissioned officer in the history of the United States Army at the age of 12.